Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Timothy

#26 most common boys' name of all time · #36 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#26
Rank overall
#36 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,088,520
Since 2016
20,531
Peak year
1959 #12
Best rank
#11 1960
Girls Boys peak 30,862/yr
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Timothy is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 1,734 1,734 #203
2024 — 1,721 1,721 #206
2023 — 1,747 1,747 #211
2022 — 1,848 1,848 #202
2021 — 1,923 1,923 #198
2020 — 2,011 2,011 #192
2019 — 2,092 2,092 #188
2018 — 2,356 2,356 #165
2017 — 2,420 2,420 #163
2016 5 2,674 2,679 #152
2015 5 2,802 2,807 #147
2014 — 3,012 3,012 #134
2013 — 3,068 3,068 #124
2012 5 3,123 3,128 #118
2011 — 3,233 3,233 #123
2010 5 3,454 3,459 #114
2009 — 3,773 3,773 #109
2008 6 4,095 4,101 #107
2007 7 4,437 4,444 #99
2006 5 4,706 4,711 #93
2005 8 5,034 5,042 #84
2004 33 5,234 5,267 #79
2003 13 5,487 5,500 #76
2002 9 6,020 6,029 #70
2001 13 6,423 6,436 #67
2000 9 7,261 7,270 #58
1999 14 7,593 7,607 #49
1998 15 7,845 7,860 #49
1997 14 8,502 8,516 #43
1996 19 8,919 8,938 #40
1995 18 9,788 9,806 #40
1994 19 10,767 10,786 #39
1993 26 11,640 11,666 #38
1992 29 12,864 12,893 #34
1991 29 14,154 14,183 #32
1990 60 15,700 15,760 #30
1989 62 16,427 16,489 #28
1988 115 16,807 16,922 #25
1987 118 17,398 17,516 #26
1986 107 16,875 16,982 #27
1985 133 17,140 17,273 #26
1984 125 16,987 17,112 #26
1983 125 16,363 16,488 #26
1982 133 17,464 17,597 #24
1981 145 18,228 18,373 #24
1980 105 19,146 19,251 #20
1979 129 19,077 19,206 #18
1978 107 19,597 19,704 #17
1977 102 17,977 18,079 #18
1976 118 16,620 16,738 #21
1975 105 15,947 16,052 #22
1974 77 15,890 15,967 #22
1973 94 16,036 16,130 #22
1972 114 17,605 17,719 #21
1971 115 20,089 20,204 #21
1970 141 22,422 22,563 #20
1969 107 23,358 23,465 #17
1968 138 26,496 26,634 #13
1967 127 28,587 28,714 #11
1966 115 28,923 29,038 #11
1965 112 28,334 28,446 #12
1964 91 28,090 28,181 #15
1963 99 27,187 27,286 #15
1962 91 27,111 27,202 #16
1961 100 28,253 28,353 #15
1960 89 30,498 30,587 #11
1959 79 30,783 30,862 #12
1958 81 28,797 28,878 #13
1957 56 24,733 24,789 #19
1956 48 23,288 23,336 #19
1955 47 20,738 20,785 #22
1954 42 17,427 17,469 #26
1953 35 15,187 15,222 #26
1952 29 14,167 14,196 #27
1951 12 12,705 12,717 #28
1950 27 10,499 10,526 #32
1949 19 9,346 9,365 #34
1948 17 8,043 8,060 #38
1947 13 6,747 6,760 #52
1946 21 5,152 5,173 #60
1945 10 3,591 3,601 #70
1944 11 2,754 2,765 #92
1943 13 2,578 2,591 #99
1942 10 2,275 2,285 #108
1941 7 1,632 1,639 #121
1940 — 1,385 1,385 #135
1939 8 1,066 1,074 #153
1938 10 882 892 #167
1937 — 674 674 #192
1936 — 439 439 #253
1935 5 371 376 #281
1934 — 336 336 #295
1933 — 346 346 #284
1932 — 341 341 #299
1931 — 344 344 #301
1930 5 306 311 #316
1929 — 292 292 #324
1928 5 297 302 #326
1927 — 325 325 #319
1926 — 274 274 #351
1925 5 319 324 #319
1924 — 322 322 #324
1923 — 325 325 #323
1922 — 288 288 #350
1921 8 249 257 #383
1920 — 269 269 #365
1919 — 249 249 #366
1918 — 285 285 #340
1917 — 260 260 #344
1916 — 246 246 #339
1915 — 253 253 #332
1914 — 174 174 #354
1913 — 160 160 #317
1912 — 128 128 #334
1911 — 88 88 #280
1910 — 75 75 #279
1909 — 67 67 #276
1908 — 67 67 #258
1907 — 81 81 #227
1906 — 52 52 #275
1905 — 73 73 #225
1904 — 58 58 #250
1903 — 49 49 #263
1902 — 62 62 #229
1901 — 62 62 #219
1900 — 76 76 #228
1899 — 60 60 #216
1898 — 75 75 #199
1897 — 58 58 #223
1896 — 71 71 #211
1895 — 60 60 #228
1894 — 71 71 #204
1893 — 62 62 #220
1892 — 71 71 #206
1891 — 66 66 #189
1890 — 56 56 #221
1889 — 82 82 #166
1888 — 76 76 #198
1887 — 54 54 #211
1886 — 74 74 #181
1885 — 64 64 #199
1884 — 77 77 #182
1883 — 62 62 #190
1882 — 71 71 #186
1881 — 63 63 #184
1880 — 70 70 #183