Tim
Tim is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 54 births. Its best rank was 60th, in 1959–1960.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 540.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19606,931 births
- Best rank
- #60first in 1959
- Since 1880
- 83,327people given the name
The story in the numbers
83,327 boys have been named Tim in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 6,931 births — 0.33% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 54 births in 2024, against 6,931 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1961, and the 1960s alone account for 50%. It has spent 104 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 8 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Tim | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | |
| 1890s | 132 | |
| 1900s | 191 | |
| 1910s | 453 | |
| 1920s | 607 | |
| 1930s | 1,377 | |
| 1940s | 8,002 | |
| 1950s | 22,200 | |
| 1960s | 41,580 | |
| 1970s | 5,304 | |
| 1980s | 1,132 | |
| 1990s | 660 | |
| 2000s | 777 | |
| 2010s | 576 | |
| 2020s | 197 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Tim was the 60th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1960 were David, Michael, James, John and Robert. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Tim
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dougpeak 1962
- Chuckpeak 1961
- Gregpeak 1961
- Jeffpeak 1961
- Russpeak 1959
- Rodpeak 1960
- Kenpeak 1960
- Timmiepeak 1959
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.