Boys' name · since 1988
Taimur
143 babies named Taimur in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,088 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,481 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Taimur currently ranks #8481 among boys' names in America, with 143 babies recorded since 1988.
Taimur has 143 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8481 as of the latest data, more common than 39% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #15,088 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,481 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 143 born since 1988
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taimur ranks #15,088 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,481 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 143 born since 1988, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,088 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,481 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Taimur's 143 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Taimur compares
143 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Taimur's all-time total is 61% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Taimur | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 143 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Taimur's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Taimur splits its recorded history at 2018: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1990 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Taimur popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Taimur by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (62 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Taimur's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Taimur births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 62 births (43% of all-time use).
Taimur by state
Where Taimur concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 15 | 10.5% |
15 of 143 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Taimurs (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Taimur: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Taimur draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.