first name
TIM
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 143,982 people named Tim, 86.6% reported their origin as White, 4.1% as Black and 3.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Tim peaked in 1960, when 6,944 babies got the name.
At least 83,546 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Tim by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #189. The largest share of babies named Tim, 66.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Tim is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tim has been most common in Montana (2.4×), Iowa (2.4×), and South Dakota (2.3×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.14×).
78,616 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Tim
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tim, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Tim ranks #26,922 of 156,621, with 952 people. See Tim as a last name
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