Boys' name · peaked in 1960
Timmy name popularity since 1925
25,923 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Timmy (0.6% girls, 99.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1964 or earlier, so the typical Timmy is about 62 years old in 2026. Timmy peaked in 1960 as the #192 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,923
- Named Timmy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,107 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% boys
- 168 girls · 25,755 boys
- Most popular in
- Kentucky
- 4.12× its national share
Peak year is the year Timmy made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Timmy births per year, 1925–2025
1960 was the biggest year for Timmy both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1953 and 1958, Timmy became 6.1× more common, from 1 in 11,100 baby boys to 1 in 1,800.
- Steepest fall: Between 1968 and 1973, its share of baby boys fell by 56%, from 1 in 1,800 to 1 in 4,080.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Timmy's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Timmy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Timmy in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 17 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 107 | #2,121 |
| 1940s | 0 | 742 | #774 |
| 1950s | 20 | 4,997 | #441 |
| 1960s | 112 | 11,929 | #220 |
| 1970s | 36 | 3,915 | #456 |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,602 | #735 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,192 | #1,087 |
| 2000s | 0 | 774 | #1,647 |
| 2010s | 0 | 362 | #3,220 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 118 | #6,107 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.1% of babies named Timmy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Timmy is most popular
The index compares Timmy's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Timmy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 4.12× | 1,550 |
| West Virginia | 3.42× | 676 |
| Tennessee | 3.12× | 1,477 |
| Arkansas | 3.03× | 699 |
| North Carolina | 2.63× | 1,678 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Timmy and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Timmy (this page) | 25,755 | 1960 |
| Timmie | 3,216 | 1959 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Timmy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Timmy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Timmy (1960).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data