Timmy
Last seen for girls in 1976 at #8,156 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 1,570 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 25,755since 1926
Timmy over time
Rank among boys' names. Timmy has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,890 | 20 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,112 | 26 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,445 | 17 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,335 | 13 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,811 | 27 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,496 | 32 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,446 | 32 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,889 | 27 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,358 | 33 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,149 | 36 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,705 | 44 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,763 | 42 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,954 | 39 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,046 | 37 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,914 | 40 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,894 | 41 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,753 | 44 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,830 | 79 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,994 | 67 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,635 | 83 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,516 | 88 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,815 | 65 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,372 | 96 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,242 | 107 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,260 | 104 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,303 | 93 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,177 | 105 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,274 | 90 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,037 | 118 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,081 | 109 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,009 | 121 | |
| 1993 | — | #983 | 121 | |
| 1992 | — | #880 | 144 | |
| 1991 | — | #841 | 152 | |
| 1990 | — | #869 | 139 | |
| 1989 | — | #886 | 129 | |
| 1988 | — | #801 | 140 | |
| 1987 | — | #787 | 137 | |
| 1986 | — | #777 | 136 | |
| 1985 | — | #733 | 145 | |
| 1984 | — | #660 | 171 | |
| 1983 | — | #679 | 158 | |
| 1982 | — | #637 | 184 | |
| 1981 | — | #663 | 167 | |
| 1980 | — | #562 | 235 | |
| 1979 | — | #510 | 271 | |
| 1978 | — | #480 | 286 | |
| 1977 | — | #470 | 293 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #466 | 284 |
| 1975 | — | #455 | 308 | |
| 1974 | — | #411 | 361 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #397 | 382 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #362 | 465 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #310 | 619 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #306 | 646 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | #285 | 698 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #229 | 968 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #227 | 967 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #216 | 1,038 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #220 | 1,087 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #211 | 1,301 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | #208 | 1,379 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | #205 | 1,437 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #200 | 1,482 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #192 | 1,572 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #188 | 1,570 |
| 1958 | — | #225 | 1,177 | |
| 1957 | — | #310 | 606 | |
| 1956 | — | #366 | 408 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #440 | 282 |
| 1954 | — | #459 | 250 | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #535 | 178 |
| 1952 | — | #522 | 179 | |
| 1951 | — | #496 | 187 | |
| 1950 | — | #537 | 160 | |
| 1949 | — | #539 | 153 | |
| 1948 | — | #563 | 140 | |
| 1947 | — | #715 | 92 | |
| 1946 | — | #695 | 87 | |
| 1945 | — | #767 | 64 | |
| 1944 | — | #774 | 65 | |
| 1943 | — | #908 | 54 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,139 | 36 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,169 | 32 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,573 | 19 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,323 | 25 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,337 | 25 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,197 | 11 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,301 | 10 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,029 | 13 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
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| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,452 | 11 | |
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| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Timmy! It came in at #3,708, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1927–1928, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Timmy
- 971 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #5,861)
- 2,050 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #5,861)
- 2,712 spots since 2015 (#3,149 → #5,861)
- Biggest jump: 231 spots in 1943 (#1,139 → #908)
- Biggest drop: 103 spots in 1993 (#880 → #983)
- Debuted 1926
- Peaked 1959 at #188 (1,570 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1943–1993
- Highest: 1 in 1,356 boys born in 1960 were named Timmy (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #188 in 1959, was only 1 in 1,360 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 46.3% of all boys named Timmy (11,929) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 17 | #2,452 (1929) | #3,080 |
| 1930s | 107 | #1,323 (1939) | #2,320 |
| 1940s | 742 | #539 (1949) | #884 |
| 1950s | 4,997 | #188 (1959) | #408 |
| 1960s | 11,929 | #192 (1960) | #219 |
| 1970s | 3,915 | #306 (1970) | #417 |
| 1980s | 1,602 | #562 (1980) | #719 |
| 1990s | 1,192 | #841 (1991) | #1,045 |
| 2000s | 774 | #1,242 (2001) | #1,831 |
| 2010s | 362 | #2,705 (2014) | #3,172 |
| 2020s | 118 | #3,811 (2020) | #5,076 |
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.
Timmy in 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 236,857 of them was named Timmy, which outranked 35.8% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,636Zettie9
- #4,636Zoila9
- #4,636Zola9
- #5,008Timmy8
- #5,008Alandra8
- #5,008Aleathia8
- #5,008Alfreida8
- #5,474Abbi7
- #5,474Adriann7
- #5,474Aide7
Tied with 465 names at #5,008; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 1,532 of them was named Timmy, which outranked 95.4% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.