Timothy

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #203in 2025
  • 1 in 985boys in 2025
  • −31%last ten years
  • 2.1×in Mississippi

Most popular in 1967. Quieter now: down 31% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

08,19716,39318801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Timothy, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880634
1881625
1882625
1883593
1884673
1885594
1886668
1887532
1888629
1889742
1890504
1891652
1892582
1893552
1894613
1895511
1896594
1897514
1898611
1899565
1900505
1901582
1902505
1903411
1904453
1905552
1906391
1907552
1908434
1909409
1910386
1911389
1912298
1913312
1914266
1915298
1916276
1917281
1918281
1919254
1920253
1921226
1922265
1923297
1924284
1925286
1926247
1927288
1928268
1929271
1930279
1931331
1932327
1933349
1934325
1935356
1936423
1937632
1938795
1939963
19401,195
19411,329
19421,647
19431,806
19442,021
19452,668
19463,172
19473,688
19484,584
19495,269
19505,865
19516,748
19527,289
19537,700
19548,548
195510,068
195611,009
195711,465
195813,568
195914,422
196014,303
196113,301
196213,105
196313,386
196414,096
196515,232
196616,217
196716,393
196815,245
196913,062
197012,066
197111,360
197210,857
197310,289
197410,106
197510,214
197610,593
197710,940
197811,936
197911,081
198010,732
198110,177
19829,625
19839,128
19849,412
19859,274
19869,164
19879,319
19888,780
19898,210
19907,643
19917,006
19926,440
19935,935
19945,573
19955,142
19964,708
19974,510
19984,104
19993,954
20003,697
20013,306
20023,101
20032,778
20042,637
20052,520
20062,290
20072,138
20082,007
20091,902
20101,800
20111,702
20121,646
20131,622
20141,568
20151,462
20161,409
20171,307
20181,297
20191,166
20201,165
20211,099
20221,058
20231,021
2024999
20251,015

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Mississippi 2.1×
  2. South Carolina 2.1×
  3. Kentucky 2.0×
  4. Alabama 2.0×
  5. New Hampshire 1.9×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,734
Rank in 2025
#203
How rare
1 in 985 boys
Since 1880
1,084,192

Most popular in 1967, at 16,393 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 31% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Mississippi2.1×72
South Carolina2.1×131
Kentucky2.0×121
Alabama2.0×130
New Hampshire1.9×25

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.