Timothy

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #203 for boys in 2025, 1,734 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#11
1960 · 30,498 births
Debut · boys
1880
70 births
In top 100 · boys
65 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,084,192
since 1880

Timothy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #11, 1960boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2031,734
2024—#2061,721
2023—#2111,747
2022—#2021,848
2021—#1981,923
2020—#1922,011
2019—#1882,092
2018—#1652,356
2017—#1632,420
2016#16,2155#1522,674
2015#16,4195#1472,802
2014—#1343,012
2013—#1243,068
2012#16,8695#1183,123
2011—#1233,233
2010#16,9925#1143,454
2009—#1093,773
2008#15,4056#1074,095
2007#13,9247#994,437
2006#17,1685#934,706
2005#11,8348#845,034
2004#4,17233#795,234
2003#7,99813#765,487
2002#10,2469#706,020
2001#7,72413#676,423
2000#9,8749#587,261
1999#6,83614#497,593
1998#6,36015#497,845
1997#6,48314#438,502
1996#5,06519#408,919
1995#5,22118#409,788
1994#5,01619#3910,767
1993#3,98726#3811,640
1992#3,68029#3412,864
1991#3,63329#3214,154
1990#2,15360#3015,700
1989#2,02762#2816,427
1988#1,269115#2516,807
1987#1,216118#2617,398
1986#1,260107#2716,875
1985#1,091133#2617,140
1984#1,103125#2616,987
1983#1,096125#2616,363
1982#1,074133#2417,464
1981#1,004145#2418,228
1980#1,244105#2019,146
1979#1,069129#1819,077
1978#1,176107#1719,597
1977#1,199102#1817,977
1976#1,043118#2116,620
1975#1,111105#2215,947
1974#1,35177#2215,890
1973#1,16094#2216,036
1972#1,022114#2117,605
1971#1,047115#2120,089
1970#916141#2022,422
1969#1,059107#1723,358
1968#875138#1326,496
1967#908127#1128,587
1966#949115#1128,923
1965#973112#1228,334
1964#1,15391#1528,090
1963#1,08799#1527,187
1962#1,14591#1627,111
1961#1,095100#1528,253
1960#1,15689#1130,498
1959#1,20379#1230,783
1958#1,18081#1328,797
1957#1,40756#1924,733
1956#1,53348#1923,288
1955#1,48047#2220,738
1954#1,56042#2617,427
1953#1,67135#2615,187
1952#1,86129#2714,167
1951#3,10612#2812,705
1950#1,83527#3210,499
1949#2,27419#349,346
1948#2,41617#388,043
1947#2,89813#526,747
1946#2,02421#605,152
1945#2,91610#703,591
1944#2,76211#922,754
1943#2,55813#992,578
1942#2,98610#1082,275
1941#3,5597#1211,632
1940—#1351,385
1939#3,1458#1531,066
1938#2,73010#167882
1937—#192674
1936—#253439
1935#4,2045#281371
1934—#295336
1933—#283346
1932—#299341
1931—#301344
1930#4,5505#316306
1929—#324292
1928#4,7255#326297
1927—#319325
1926—#351274
1925#4,9735#319319
1924—#324322
1923—#323325
1922—#350288
1921#3,6668#383249
1920—#365269
1919—#366249
1918—#340285
1917—#344260
1916—#339246
1915—#332253
1914—#353174
1913—#317160
1912—#334128
1911—#27988
1910—#27975
1909—#27567
1908—#25767
1907—#22781
1906—#27352
1905—#22473
1904—#24958
1903—#26349
1902—#22962
1901—#21862
1900—#22876
1899—#21660
1898—#19975
1897—#22258
1896—#21171
1895—#22760
1894—#20471
1893—#21962
1892—#20571
1891—#18866
1890—#22156
1889—#16682
1888—#19776
1887—#21054
1886—#18174
1885—#19964
1884—#18177
1883—#19062
1882—#18671
1881—#18463
1880—#18070
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Timothy was already there! It came in at #180, and was given to 70 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1901–1906, when fewer than 74 boys a year got the name.

See more about Timothy
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#206 → #203)
  • 11 spots since 2020 (#192 → #203)
  • 56 spots since 2015 (#147 → #203)
  • Biggest jump: 61 spots in 1937 (#253 → #192)
  • Biggest drop: 55 spots in 1890 (#166 → #221)
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1960 at #11 (30,498 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 31 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 65 yrs · run 1943–2007
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 61
  • Highest: 1 in 61 boys born in 1967 were named Timothy (1.6%)
  • Latest: 1 in 985 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
  • Its best rank, #11 in 1960, was only 1 in 70 (1.4%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 25.5% of all boys named Timothy (276,837) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s693#166 (1889)#187
1890s650#188 (1891)#211
1900s647#218 (1901)#244
1910s1,918#279 (1911)#328
1920s2,960#319 (1927)#338
1930s5,105#153 (1939)#254
1940s43,503#34 (1949)#81
1950s198,324#12 (1959)#22
1960s276,837#11 (1960)#14
1970s181,260#17 (1978)#20
1980s172,835#20 (1980)#25
1990s107,772#30 (1990)#39
2000s52,470#58 (2000)#84
2010s28,234#114 (2010)#143
2020s10,984#192 (2020)#202

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.

Timothy in 1972

girls
#1,022
114 births · 1 in 13,344 girls
boys
#21
17,605 births · 1 in 92 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #1,022Timothy114

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #21Timothy17,605
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 13,344 of them was named Timothy, which outranked 89.4% 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).

Ranked beside Timothy
  1. #1,017Minnie115
  2. #1,017Nannette115
  3. #1,017Stefani115
  4. #1,022Timothy114
  5. #1,022Carlene114
  6. #1,022Carmelita114
  7. #1,022Charissa114
  8. #1,030Alberta113
  9. #1,030Barbra113
  10. #1,030Bobby113

Tied with 7 names at #1,022; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 92 of them was named Timothy, which outranked 99.6% 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).

Ranked beside Timothy
  1. #18Mark21,490
  2. #19Steven19,851
  3. #20Thomas19,557
  4. #21Timothy17,605
  5. #22Anthony17,454
  6. #23Charles16,968
  7. #24Paul14,555
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972 →