Timber Boy & girl
How popular is Timber?
#3,711 girl name in 2025
40 baby girls were named Timber in the US in 2025, making it the 3711th most popular girl name. Another 33 boys got the name (#3,449 for boys).
Timber popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,711 for girls (▼ 252 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 40 girls, 33 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,236 in 2015, #3,091 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (84 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,236 in 2015 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 43% boys, 57% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Timber counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Timber family of names ranked #2,207 for girls in 2025 (#2,076 the year before), with 57 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Timber | 40 | 70% |
| Tymber | 17 | 30% |
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 Timber is most popular
Babies named Timber per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Timber by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 17 | #7,994 |
| 1980s | 94 | #3,805 |
| 1990s | 258 | #2,809 |
| 2000s | 267 | #3,448 |
| 2010s | 531 | #2,236 |
| 2020s | 337 | #2,286 |
Girl names about as popular as Timber
Questions
- Is Timber a boy or girl name?
- Timber is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 43% of babies named Timber were boys and 57% were girls.
- How popular is the name Timber?
- 40 baby girls were named Timber in the US in 2025, making it the 3711th most popular girl name. Another 33 boys got the name (#3,449 for boys).
- When was Timber most popular?
- Timber peaked in 2015, when 84 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,236 in 2015.
- How many people are named Timber?
- 2,397 babies have been named Timber in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,375 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Timber most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Timber was most common in Oklahoma, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls 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.