Is Timothy a boy or girl name?
Timothy is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 1,708 boys were named Timothy, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.4% of the 1,086,730 US babies named Timothy were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #208
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Timothy since 1880
- 1,086,730
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 30,863 babies
Boys and girls named Timothy, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 693 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 651 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 647 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 1,918 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 2,960 | 18 | 0.6% |
| 1930s | 5,106 | 28 | 0.5% |
| 1940s | 43,503 | 121 | 0.3% |
| 1950s | 198,322 | 456 | 0.2% |
| 1960s | 276,819 | 1,068 | 0.4% |
| 1970s | 181,268 | 1,101 | 0.6% |
| 1980s | 172,834 | 1,168 | 0.7% |
| 1990s | 107,767 | 243 | 0.2% |
| 2000s | 52,465 | 103 | 0.2% |
| 2010s | 28,226 | 20 | 0.1% |
| 2020s | 9,225 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,708 | #208 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1,742 | #211 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1,844 | #202 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1,921 | #199 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 2,010 | #193 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 2,092 | #188 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 2,355 | #165 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 2,418 | #163 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 2,672 | #152 | 5 | #18,642 |
| 2015 | 2,801 | #147 | 5 | #18,882 |
| 2014 | 3,011 | #134 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3,068 | #124 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3,123 | #118 | 5 | #19,312 |
| 2011 | 3,233 | #123 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3,453 | #114 | 5 | #19,607 |
| 2009 | 3,772 | #109 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4,094 | #107 | 6 | #17,331 |
| 2007 | 4,437 | #99 | 7 | #15,355 |
| 2006 | 4,706 | #93 | 5 | #19,843 |
| 2005 | 5,034 | #84 | 8 | #12,921 |
| 2004 | 5,233 | #79 | 33 | #4,276 |
| 2003 | 5,486 | #76 | 13 | #8,458 |
| 2002 | 6,020 | #70 | 9 | #11,035 |
| 2001 | 6,422 | #67 | 13 | #8,163 |
| 2000 | 7,261 | #58 | 9 | #10,683 |
| 1999 | 7,593 | #49 | 14 | #7,208 |
| 1998 | 7,845 | #49 | 15 | #6,697 |
| 1997 | 8,502 | #43 | 14 | #6,819 |
| 1996 | 8,919 | #40 | 19 | #5,271 |
| 1995 | 9,788 | #40 | 18 | #5,429 |
| 1994 | 10,768 | #39 | 19 | #5,231 |
| 1993 | 11,638 | #38 | 26 | #4,092 |
| 1992 | 12,862 | #34 | 29 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 14,153 | #32 | 29 | #3,714 |
| 1990 | 15,699 | #30 | 60 | #2,173 |
| 1989 | 16,427 | #28 | 62 | #2,051 |
| 1988 | 16,808 | #25 | 115 | #1,279 |
| 1987 | 17,397 | #26 | 118 | #1,221 |
| 1986 | 16,875 | #27 | 107 | #1,271 |
| 1985 | 17,138 | #26 | 133 | #1,095 |
| 1984 | 16,988 | #26 | 125 | #1,111 |
| 1983 | 16,363 | #26 | 125 | #1,102 |
| 1982 | 17,463 | #25 | 133 | #1,078 |
| 1981 | 18,228 | #24 | 145 | #1,007 |
| 1980 | 19,147 | #20 | 105 | #1,249 |
| 1979 | 19,078 | #18 | 129 | #1,073 |
| 1978 | 19,597 | #17 | 107 | #1,185 |
| 1977 | 17,976 | #18 | 102 | #1,205 |
| 1976 | 16,621 | #21 | 118 | #1,046 |
| 1975 | 15,948 | #22 | 105 | #1,119 |
| 1974 | 15,892 | #22 | 76 | #1,368 |
| 1973 | 16,035 | #22 | 94 | #1,167 |
| 1972 | 17,605 | #21 | 114 | #1,029 |
| 1971 | 20,089 | #21 | 115 | #1,054 |
| 1970 | 22,427 | #20 | 141 | #918 |
| 1969 | 23,359 | #17 | 107 | #1,064 |
| 1968 | 26,497 | #13 | 138 | #878 |
| 1967 | 28,587 | #11 | 127 | #910 |
| 1966 | 28,927 | #11 | 115 | #951 |
| 1965 | 28,332 | #12 | 112 | #981 |
| 1964 | 28,097 | #15 | 91 | #1,162 |
| 1963 | 27,182 | #15 | 99 | #1,098 |
| 1962 | 27,107 | #16 | 91 | #1,149 |
| 1961 | 28,246 | #15 | 99 | #1,107 |
| 1960 | 30,485 | #11 | 89 | #1,161 |
| 1959 | 30,784 | #12 | 79 | #1,208 |
| 1958 | 28,794 | #13 | 81 | #1,188 |
| 1957 | 24,733 | #19 | 56 | #1,426 |
| 1956 | 23,289 | #19 | 48 | #1,546 |
| 1955 | 20,738 | #22 | 47 | #1,496 |
| 1954 | 17,427 | #26 | 42 | #1,579 |
| 1953 | 15,188 | #26 | 35 | #1,700 |
| 1952 | 14,167 | #27 | 29 | #1,889 |
| 1951 | 12,704 | #28 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1950 | 10,498 | #32 | 27 | #1,869 |
| 1949 | 9,346 | #34 | 19 | #2,335 |
| 1948 | 8,043 | #38 | 17 | #2,485 |
| 1947 | 6,747 | #52 | 13 | #3,054 |
| 1946 | 5,152 | #60 | 21 | #2,087 |
| 1945 | 3,591 | #70 | 10 | #3,112 |
| 1944 | 2,754 | #92 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1943 | 2,578 | #99 | 13 | #2,682 |
| 1942 | 2,275 | #108 | 10 | #3,181 |
| 1941 | 1,632 | #121 | 7 | #3,925 |
| 1940 | 1,385 | #135 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 1,067 | #153 | 8 | #3,400 |
| 1938 | 882 | #167 | 10 | #2,916 |
| 1937 | 673 | #192 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 439 | #253 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 371 | #281 | 5 | #4,834 |
| 1934 | 336 | #296 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 346 | #284 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 341 | #301 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 344 | #301 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 307 | #316 | 5 | #5,184 |
| 1929 | 292 | #325 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 297 | #327 | 5 | #5,364 |
| 1927 | 325 | #320 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 274 | #351 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 319 | #319 | 5 | #5,697 |
| 1924 | 322 | #324 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 325 | #323 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 288 | #350 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 249 | #383 | 8 | #3,985 |
| 1920 | 269 | #366 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 249 | #367 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 285 | #341 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 260 | #344 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 246 | #340 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 253 | #332 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 174 | #355 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 160 | #319 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 128 | #335 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 88 | #280 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 75 | #280 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 67 | #278 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 67 | #260 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 81 | #228 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 52 | #278 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 73 | #226 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 58 | #253 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 49 | #265 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 62 | #231 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 62 | #220 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 76 | #229 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 60 | #218 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 75 | #200 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 58 | #231 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 72 | #211 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 60 | #228 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 71 | #204 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 62 | #220 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 71 | #207 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 66 | #190 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 56 | #223 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 82 | #166 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 76 | #199 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 54 | #216 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 74 | #181 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 64 | #199 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 77 | #183 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 62 | #192 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 71 | #187 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 63 | #185 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 70 | #183 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Timothy reached #11 in 1960. As a girl name, it reached #878 in 1968. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Timothy
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.