Meaning not yet researched.
Timothy: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,734 in 2025. Its best rank was #11 in 1967.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #11 in 1967; #203 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Timothy in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#203 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1967, at #11.
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Timothy: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,734 boys in 2025. Peak: #11 in 1967 · most boys in one year: 30,783 (1959).
In 2025, 1,734 US boys were named Timothy, making it the 203rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 4 places from #207 in 2024. That is 13 more than the 1,721 boys named Timothy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #11, reached in 1967. The most boys given the name in a single year was 30,783, in 1959. For comparison, it was #147 in 2015 and #32 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Timothy in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 70 babies with the name. In all, 1,088,520 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 277,906 babies named Timothy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 20,526 US boys were named Timothy; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,674. In 2025 that was about 1 in 985 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Timothy ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #82 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Tim (83,546 babies since 1880), Timmy (25,923 babies since 1880) and Timmothy (4,108 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Timoteo, Thimothy and Timothey are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Tim and Timmy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Timoteo (1,473), Thimothy (756), Timothey (591), Timithy (391), Timothee (374), Timathy (285), Tymothy (273), Timohty (272), Timotheus (188), Timothea (157), Timoty (141), Timouthy (76), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 4 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 33 | #82 | #104 |
| Alabama | 44 | #123 | #98 |
| South Carolina | 44 | #128 | #104 |
| Kentucky | 42 | #136 | #135 |
| Pennsylvania | 92 | #139 | #138 |
| Washington | 56 | #151 | #111 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | #154 | #127 |
| Virginia | 56 | #161 | #128 |
| West Virginia | 12 | #166 | #83 |
| Missouri | 42 | #170 | #167 |
| North Carolina | 74 | #171 | #99 |
| Arkansas | 22 | #174 | #174 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #175 | #233 |
| Wisconsin | 35 | #181 | #141 |
| Georgia | 70 | #181 | #120 |
| Indiana | 47 | #184 | #180 |
| Illinois | 62 | #190 | #155 |
| Alaska | 5 | #196 | #75 |
| Connecticut | 18 | #196 | #109 |
| Delaware | 6 | #201 | #125 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #201 | #167 |
| Maine | 7 | #202 | #147 |
| Kansas | 20 | #203 | #184 |
| Iowa | 20 | #205 | #216 |
| Michigan | 49 | #208 | #137 |
| Massachusetts | 28 | #222 | #110 |
| Montana | 6 | #224 | #236 |
| Ohio | 58 | #227 | #117 |
| Utah | 23 | #232 | #179 |
| Tennessee | 39 | #232 | #102 |
| Maryland | 25 | #232 | #135 |
| New York | 84 | #235 | #144 |
| Nebraska | 11 | #241 | #203 |
| New Jersey | 40 | #243 | #148 |
| Oklahoma | 20 | #244 | #196 |
| Oregon | 18 | #245 | #128 |
| California | 152 | #246 | #199 |
| Florida | 82 | #254 | #156 |
| Minnesota | 24 | #260 | #206 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #261 | #241 |
| Texas | 140 | #281 | #186 |
| Arizona | 29 | #282 | #209 |
| Louisiana | 18 | #292 | #206 |
| Nevada | 11 | #296 | #271 |
| New Mexico | 7 | #309 | #186 |
| Idaho | 8 | #327 | #166 |
| Colorado | 18 | #362 | #160 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,734 | #203 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,721 | #207 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,747 | #211 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,848 | #202 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,923 | #199 |
| 2020 | — | — | 2,011 | #192 |
| 2019 | — | — | 2,092 | #188 |
| 2018 | — | — | 2,356 | #165 |
| 2017 | — | — | 2,420 | #163 |
| 2016 | 5 | #18,648 | 2,674 | #152 |
| 2015 | 5 | #18,884 | 2,802 | #147 |
| 2014 | — | — | 3,012 | #134 |
| 2013 | — | — | 3,068 | #124 |
| 2012 | 5 | #19,317 | 3,123 | #118 |
| 2011 | — | — | 3,233 | #123 |
| 2010 | 5 | #19,611 | 3,454 | #114 |
| 2009 | — | — | 3,773 | #109 |
| 2008 | 6 | #17,334 | 4,095 | #107 |
| 2007 | 7 | #15,355 | 4,437 | #99 |
| 2006 | 5 | #19,845 | 4,706 | #93 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,922 | 5,034 | #84 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,276 | 5,234 | #79 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,458 | 5,487 | #76 |
| 2002 | 9 | #11,035 | 6,020 | #70 |
| 2001 | 13 | #8,163 | 6,423 | #67 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,683 | 7,261 | #58 |
| 1999 | 14 | #7,208 | 7,593 | #49 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,697 | 7,845 | #49 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,819 | 8,502 | #43 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,271 | 8,919 | #40 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,429 | 9,788 | #40 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,231 | 10,767 | #39 |
| 1993 | 26 | #4,092 | 11,640 | #38 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,767 | 12,864 | #34 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,714 | 14,154 | #32 |
| 1990 | 60 | #2,173 | 15,700 | #30 |
| 1989 | 62 | #2,051 | 16,427 | #28 |
| 1988 | 115 | #1,279 | 16,807 | #25 |
| 1987 | 118 | #1,221 | 17,398 | #26 |
| 1986 | 107 | #1,271 | 16,875 | #27 |
| 1985 | 133 | #1,095 | 17,140 | #26 |
| 1984 | 125 | #1,111 | 16,987 | #26 |
| 1983 | 125 | #1,102 | 16,363 | #26 |
| 1982 | 133 | #1,078 | 17,464 | #24 |
| 1981 | 145 | #1,007 | 18,228 | #24 |
| 1980 | 105 | #1,249 | 19,146 | #20 |
| 1979 | 129 | #1,073 | 19,077 | #18 |
| 1978 | 107 | #1,185 | 19,597 | #17 |
| 1977 | 102 | #1,205 | 17,977 | #18 |
| 1976 | 118 | #1,046 | 16,620 | #21 |
| 1975 | 105 | #1,118 | 15,947 | #22 |
| 1974 | 77 | #1,363 | 15,890 | #22 |
| 1973 | 94 | #1,167 | 16,036 | #22 |
| 1972 | 114 | #1,028 | 17,605 | #21 |
| 1971 | 115 | #1,056 | 20,089 | #21 |
| 1970 | 141 | #919 | 22,422 | #20 |
| 1969 | 107 | #1,064 | 23,358 | #17 |
| 1968 | 138 | #878 | 26,496 | #13 |
| 1967 | 127 | #910 | 28,587 | #11 |
| 1966 | 115 | #951 | 28,923 | #11 |
| 1965 | 112 | #981 | 28,334 | #12 |
| 1964 | 91 | #1,162 | 28,090 | #15 |
| 1963 | 99 | #1,098 | 27,187 | #15 |
| 1962 | 91 | #1,149 | 27,111 | #16 |
| 1961 | 100 | #1,100 | 28,253 | #15 |
| 1960 | 89 | #1,161 | 30,498 | #11 |
| 1959 | 79 | #1,207 | 30,783 | #12 |
| 1958 | 81 | #1,188 | 28,797 | #13 |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,426 | 24,733 | #19 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,546 | 23,288 | #19 |
| 1955 | 47 | #1,496 | 20,738 | #22 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,579 | 17,427 | #26 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,700 | 15,187 | #26 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,889 | 14,167 | #27 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,268 | 12,705 | #28 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,869 | 10,499 | #32 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,335 | 9,346 | #34 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,485 | 8,043 | #38 |
| 1947 | 13 | #3,054 | 6,747 | #52 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,087 | 5,152 | #60 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,112 | 3,591 | #70 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,938 | 2,754 | #92 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,682 | 2,578 | #99 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,181 | 2,275 | #108 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,925 | 1,632 | #121 |
| 1940 | — | — | 1,385 | #135 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,400 | 1,066 | #153 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,916 | 882 | #167 |
| 1937 | — | — | 674 | #192 |
| 1936 | — | — | 439 | #253 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,834 | 371 | #281 |
| 1934 | — | — | 336 | #296 |
| 1933 | — | — | 346 | #284 |
| 1932 | — | — | 341 | #301 |
| 1931 | — | — | 344 | #301 |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,184 | 306 | #316 |
| 1929 | — | — | 292 | #325 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,364 | 297 | #327 |
| 1927 | — | — | 325 | #320 |
| 1926 | — | — | 274 | #351 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,697 | 319 | #319 |
| 1924 | — | — | 322 | #324 |
| 1923 | — | — | 325 | #323 |
| 1922 | — | — | 288 | #350 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,985 | 249 | #383 |
| 1920 | — | — | 269 | #366 |
| 1919 | — | — | 249 | #367 |
| 1918 | — | — | 285 | #341 |
| 1917 | — | — | 260 | #344 |
| 1916 | — | — | 246 | #340 |
| 1915 | — | — | 253 | #332 |
| 1914 | — | — | 174 | #355 |
| 1913 | — | — | 160 | #319 |
| 1912 | — | — | 128 | #335 |
| 1911 | — | — | 88 | #280 |
| 1910 | — | — | 75 | #280 |
| 1909 | — | — | 67 | #278 |
| 1908 | — | — | 67 | #260 |
| 1907 | — | — | 81 | #228 |
| 1906 | — | — | 52 | #278 |
| 1905 | — | — | 73 | #226 |
| 1904 | — | — | 58 | #253 |
| 1903 | — | — | 49 | #265 |
| 1902 | — | — | 62 | #231 |
| 1901 | — | — | 62 | #220 |
| 1900 | — | — | 76 | #229 |
| 1899 | — | — | 60 | #218 |
| 1898 | — | — | 75 | #200 |
| 1897 | — | — | 58 | #231 |
| 1896 | — | — | 71 | #213 |
| 1895 | — | — | 60 | #228 |
| 1894 | — | — | 71 | #204 |
| 1893 | — | — | 62 | #220 |
| 1892 | — | — | 71 | #207 |
| 1891 | — | — | 66 | #190 |
| 1890 | — | — | 56 | #223 |
| 1889 | — | — | 82 | #166 |
| 1888 | — | — | 76 | #199 |
| 1887 | — | — | 54 | #216 |
| 1886 | — | — | 74 | #181 |
| 1885 | — | — | 64 | #199 |
| 1884 | — | — | 77 | #183 |
| 1883 | — | — | 62 | #192 |
| 1882 | — | — | 71 | #187 |
| 1881 | — | — | 63 | #185 |
| 1880 | — | — | 70 | #183 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).