Timothy Boy
How popular is Timothy?
#203 boy name in 2025
1,734 baby boys were named Timothy in the US in 2025, making it the 203rd most popular boy name.
Timothy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #203 for boys (▲ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,734 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #147 in 2015, #192 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1959 (30,783 boys) |
| Highest rank | #11 in 1960 (3 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Timothy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Timothy family of names ranked #215 for boys in 2025 (#221 the year before), with 1,770 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Timothy | 1,734 | 98% |
| Timothee | 29 | 2% |
| Timmothy | 7 | 0% |
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 Timothy is most popular
Babies named Timothy per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 3.0 per 1,000 (36 boys)
- Montana: 2.4 per 1,000 (42 boys)
- Mississippi: 2.1 per 1,000 (120 boys)
- South Carolina: 1.9 per 1,000 (198 boys)
- New Hampshire: 1.9 per 1,000 (42 boys)
Timothy by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 693 | #166 |
| 1890s | 650 | #188 |
| 1900s | 647 | #218 |
| 1910s | 1,918 | #279 |
| 1920s | 2,960 | #319 |
| 1930s | 5,105 | #153 |
| 1940s | 43,503 | #34 |
| 1950s | 198,324 | #12 |
| 1960s | 276,837 | #11 |
| 1970s | 181,260 | #17 |
| 1980s | 172,835 | #20 |
| 1990s | 107,772 | #30 |
| 2000s | 52,470 | #58 |
| 2010s | 28,234 | #114 |
| 2020s | 10,984 | #192 |
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Questions
- Is Timothy a boy or girl name?
- Timothy is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Timothy were boys.
- How popular is the name Timothy?
- 1,734 baby boys were named Timothy in the US in 2025, making it the 203rd most popular boy name.
- When was Timothy most popular?
- Timothy peaked in 1959, when 30,783 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #11, held for 3 years starting in 1960.
- How many people are named Timothy?
- 1,088,520 babies have been named Timothy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 919,693 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 53.
- Where is Timothy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Timothy was most common in Alaska, at 3.0 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.