Taimur — #6973 US boys' name
134 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.
More common than 51% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Taimur was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Taimur in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taimur
The Social Security Administration has registered 134 babies named Taimur between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Taimur currently holds the #6973 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taimur performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Taimur shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Taimur in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taimur in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 134 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Taimur at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Taimur popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2019)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #6973 among boys.
134 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 16 births in a single year.
Taimur by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 53 births that decade — 40% of Taimur's all-time total
Taimur decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Taimur's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% 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 | 11.2% |
15 of 134 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 11.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 11.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.