first name
TIMOTHY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 802,946 people named Timothy, 84.2% reported their origin as White, 7.7% as Black and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Timothy peaked in 1959, when 30,862 babies got the name.
At least 1,088,520 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.
Timothy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #17. The largest share of babies named Timothy, 34%, 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 Timothy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Timothy has been most common in Vermont (1.6×), New Hampshire (1.6×), and Alaska (1.5×), and least common in Utah (0.52×).
1,082,334 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 Timothy
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Timothy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Timothy ranks #10,606 of 156,621, with 2,883 people. See Timothy as a last name
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