How Many People Are Named Timothy?
people named Timothy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 375 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,088,520 babies named Timothy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
30,862 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
English form of the Greek name Τιμοθεος (Timotheos) meaning "honouring God", derived from τιμαω (timao) "to honour" and θεος (theos) "god". Saint Timothy was a companion of Paul on his missionary journeys and was the recipient of two of Paul's epistles that appear in the New Testament. He was of both Jewish and Greek ancestry. According to tradition, he was martyred at Ephesus after protesting the worship of Artemis. As an English name, Timothy was not used until after the Protestant Reformation.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Timothy (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Timothy alive today is about 49 years old, and 54% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Timothy first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1959, to 30,862 babies. In 2025, 1,734 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Timothy never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #11, in 1960 and 1966 to 1967, and it was in the top 100 for 65 years, 1943 to 2007. In 2025 it ranked #203.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #203 |
| Best rank | #11 (1960 and 1966 to 1967) |
| Years in the top 100 | 65 (1943 to 2007) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #13 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Timothy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Timothy were born in California than in any other state: about 73,287 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Timothy was given 1.5 times as often in New Hampshire, 1.5 times in Vermont and 1.4 times in Maine.
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