NameTides

Timothy

Timothy was the #203 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,734 babies), and #418 in England & Wales and #224 in Canada.

Timothy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Timothy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesScotland
Timothy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#203 (1,734)#418 (96)#647 (4)#253 (7)#329 (12)#224 (153)—
2024#206 (1,721)#382 (109)#535 (5)#339 (4)#187 (26)#235 (142)—
2023#211 (1,747)#396 (100)#435 (7)#249 (7)#254 (17)#232 (140)—
2022#202 (1,848)#407 (104)#703 (3)#414 (3)#262 (18)#284 (112)—
2021#198 (1,923)#385 (113)#533 (5)#249 (8)#296 (15)#252 (136)—
2020#192 (2,011)#388 (110)#350 (10)#304 (5)#261 (18)#223 (156)—
2019#188 (2,092)#336 (135)#516 (5)#209 (10)#237 (20)#253 (138)—
2018#165 (2,356)#383 (114)#704 (3)#283 (6)#205 (27)#228 (161)—
2017#163 (2,420)#347 (137)#442 (7)#214 (9)#197 (29)#252 (146)—
2016#152 (2,674)#298 (162)#401 (8)#216 (9)#184 (31)#211 (174)—
2015#147 (2,802)#348 (132)#588 (4)#222 (9)#180 (33)#215 (174)—
2014#134 (3,012)#274 (178)#680 (3)#281 (6)#175 (35)#222 (166)—
2013#124 (3,068)#299 (149)#366 (9)#237 (8)#147 (43)#230 (155)—
2012#118 (3,123)#288 (160)#392 (8)#204 (10)#215 (27)#203 (172)—
2011#123 (3,233)#298 (148)#304 (12)#204 (10)#204 (28)#223 (150)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1967 at #11.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 990 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 990common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Timothy is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 990 to 1 in 1,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Timothy by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #176WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #145NHWashington: #147WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #251MNIllinois: #190ILMichigan: #203MINew York: #233NYMassachusetts: #215MAOregon: #230ORNevada: #267NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #200IAIndiana: #181INOhio: #226OHPennsylvania: #138PANew Jersey: #240NJConnecticut: #187CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #244CAUtah: #225UTColorado: #346CONebraska: #228NEMissouri: #165MOKentucky: #133KYWest Virginia: #151WVVirginia: #159VAMaryland: #227MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #272AZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: #196KSArkansas: #165ARTennessee: #228TNNorth Carolina: #170NCSouth Carolina: #120SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #232OKLouisiana: #278LAMississippi: #79MSAlabama: #120ALGeorgia: #178GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #280TXFlorida: #250FL
Timothy (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#22263
Quebec2025#5138

Timothy (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TimothyCanadaBoys#224153
TimothyEngland & WalesBoys#41896
TimothyIrelandBoys#32912
TimothyNorthern IrelandBoys#2537
TimothyNSWBoys—too few
TimothyScotlandBoys#6474
TimothyUSGirls—too few
TimothyUSBoys#2031,734