Timmie
Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #8,825
Given to boys 90.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 189 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,250since 1910
Timmie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,034 | 16 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,834 | 19 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,559 | 18 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,215 | 21 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,501 | 18 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,166 | 19 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | — | #2,146 | 29 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,641 | 20 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,226 | 25 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,828 | 17 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,036 | 26 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,017 | 26 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,166 | 24 | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #1,811 | 31 |
| 1980 | — | #2,162 | 24 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,913 | 26 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #1,645 | 33 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #1,502 | 36 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #1,361 | 41 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #1,435 | 35 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #1,137 | 51 |
| 1971 | — | #1,081 | 57 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #979 | 68 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | #861 | 79 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #779 | 90 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #730 | 103 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #754 | 96 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #753 | 96 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #699 | 122 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | #671 | 136 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #627 | 153 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | #663 | 139 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #631 | 152 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #567 | 189 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | #591 | 171 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #780 | 93 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #860 | 76 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #1,114 | 44 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,169 | 41 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #1,102 | 44 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #1,027 | 49 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #1,150 | 39 |
| 1950 | — | #1,232 | 34 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,072 | 43 | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,063 | 44 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #1,482 | 25 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #1,382 | 26 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | #1,445 | 21 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | — | #1,486 | 22 | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | — | #2,184 | 11 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
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| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Timmie! It came in at #1,589, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Timmie is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#341 · 1 in 2,846
- North Carolina#449 · 1 in 5,943
Best ever in a state: #267 in Mississippi, 1964.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #341 | 7 | 1 in 2,846 |
| North Carolina | #449 | 7 | 1 in 5,943 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
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| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
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| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Timmie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 254 spots in 1956 (#1,114 → #860)
- Biggest drop: 118 spots in 1970 (#861 → #979)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1959 at #567 (189 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1956–1970
- Highest: 1 in 11,294 boys born in 1959 were named Timmie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 218,685 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 35.9% of all boys named Timmie (1,166) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1918, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,947 |
| 1920s | 35 | #3,708 (1926) | #3,859 |
| 1930s | 105 | #1,578 (1939) | #2,444 |
| 1940s | 237 | #1,063 (1948) | #1,560 |
| 1950s | 780 | #567 (1959) | #959 |
| 1960s | 1,166 | #627 (1962) | #717 |
| 1970s | 387 | #979 (1970) | #1,578 |
| 1980s | 238 | #1,811 (1981) | #2,348 |
| 1990s | 156 | #3,166 (1990) | #4,179 |
| 2000s | 85 | #5,034 (2005) | #7,690 |
| 2010s | 36 | #7,087 (2010) | #9,795 |
| 2020s | 8 | #8,825 (2021) | #8,825 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Timmie in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 253,541 of them was named Timmie, which outranked 24.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,558Yukiko7
- #6,558Zorina7
- #6,558Zully7
- #7,292Timmie6
- #7,292Adonia6
- #7,292Afua6
- #7,292Aggie6
- #8,292Aarona5
- #8,292Abigale5
- #8,292Adabel5
Tied with 999 names at #7,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 31,796 of them was named Timmie, which outranked 80.2% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,129Randel52
- #1,129Shedrick52
- #1,129Walker52
- #1,137Timmie51
- #1,137Abram51
- #1,137Bartholomew51
- #1,137Benton51
- #1,149Adalberto50
- #1,149Anthoney50
- #1,149Artis50
Tied with 11 names at #1,137; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.