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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #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 1998

girls
#6,360
15 births · 1 in 117,797 girls
boys
#49
7,845 births · 1 in 244 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #6,360Timothy15

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #49Timothy7,845
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 117,797 of them was named Timothy, which outranked 61.7% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Timothy
  1. #6,073Zakira16
  2. #6,073Zamantha16
  3. #6,073Zayna16
  4. #6,360Timothy15
  5. #6,360Abagale15
  6. #6,360Adamary15
  7. #6,360Addisyn15
  8. #6,719Aalayah14
  9. #6,719Aaleyah14
  10. #6,719Aalyah14

Tied with 358 names at #6,360; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 244 of them was named Timothy, which outranked 99.6% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Timothy
  1. #46Steven8,115
  2. #47Connor7,906
  3. #48Charles7,849
  4. #49Timothy7,845
  5. #50Sean7,712
  6. #51Jared7,462
  7. #52Juan7,361
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,736Tyrese#2,347 → #611
  2. ↑ 805Zion#1,499 → #694
  3. ↑ 785Mekhi#1,706 → #921
  4. ↑ 743Tyriq#1,519 → #776
  5. ↑ 741Tavian#1,599 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Coty#918 → #1,347
  2. ↓ 367Anfernee#838 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 326Jessy#962 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 295Mickey#966 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 280Mikal#1,000 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →