Tim Boy
How popular is Tim?
#3,180 boy name in 2025
37 baby boys were named Tim in the US in 2025, making it the 3180th most popular boy name.
Tim popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,180 for boys (▼ 678 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 37 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,212 in 2015, #3,416 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1960 (6,931 boys) |
| Highest rank | #60 in 1959 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Tim counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Tim family of names ranked #2,282 for boys in 2025 (#1,947 the year before), with 44 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tim | 37 | 84% |
| Tyme | 7 | 16% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Tim is most popular
Babies named Tim per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
Tim by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | #392 |
| 1890s | 132 | #419 |
| 1900s | 191 | #393 |
| 1910s | 453 | #474 |
| 1920s | 607 | #729 |
| 1930s | 1,377 | #337 |
| 1940s | 8,002 | #170 |
| 1950s | 22,202 | #60 |
| 1960s | 41,572 | #60 |
| 1970s | 5,305 | #199 |
| 1980s | 1,131 | #675 |
| 1990s | 660 | #1,254 |
| 2000s | 777 | #1,379 |
| 2010s | 576 | #1,919 |
| 2020s | 234 | #2,502 |
Boy names about as popular as Tim
Questions
- Is Tim a boy or girl name?
- Tim is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Tim were boys.
- How popular is the name Tim?
- 37 baby boys were named Tim in the US in 2025, making it the 3180th most popular boy name.
- When was Tim most popular?
- Tim peaked in 1960, when 6,931 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #60, held for 2 years starting in 1959.
- How many people are named Tim?
- 83,546 babies have been named Tim in the US since 1880. We estimate about 62,628 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 64.
- Where is Tim most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Tim was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.