How rare is the name Timmy?

14,931 people in the United States have the first name Timmy, about 1 in 20,228. It ranks #1,901 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TIMMY

#1,901

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,931
About
1 in 20,228
This common or more
77.6%
Who bears it

Of the 14,931 people named Timmy, 68.8% reported their origin as White, 12.7% as Black and 10.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Timmy peaked in 1960, when 1,584 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19262025
Peak year
1960
Births that year
1,584
In 2025*
15 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 25,923 babies have been given the name since 1926. 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.

Timmy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #467. The largest share of babies named Timmy, 49.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1920s#10,61717
1930s#4,520107
1940s#1,641742
1950s#7275,017
1960s#46712,041
1970s#8823,951
1980s#1,6451,602
1990s#2,4031,192
2000s#3,990774
2010s#7,014362
2020s#10,439118
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–451.5%
Baby boom 1946–6449.1%
Generation X 1965–8034.7%
Millennials 1981–968.8%
Generation Z 1997–124.5%
2013 and later1.4%

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 Timmy is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Timmy has been most common in Kentucky (4×), West Virginia (3.2×), and Tennessee (3.1×), and least common in Nebraska (0.19×).

22,213 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 Timmy

#1,899 Raymundo · 14,951#1,900 Rodger · 14,950#1,902 Boris · 14,924#1,903 Dion · 14,902

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Timmy, most common first.

#15,320 Timm · 753#33,752 Timmi · 244

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