Thimothy — boys' name
756 babies named Thimothy in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Thimothy was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Thimothy in 1967 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thimothy
The Social Security Administration has registered 756 babies named Thimothy between 1948 and 1997, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thimothy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 39 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thimothy performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 323 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Thimothy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Thimothy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thimothy 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 756 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.
Thimothy at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thimothy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1948
- Peak year (1967)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
756 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1967 with 39 births in a single year.
Thimothy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 323 births that decade — 43% of Thimothy's all-time total
Thimothy decade highlights
- Peak decade 323 births
- Runner-up 226 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Thimothy's strongest decade
323 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Thimothy by state
Where Thimothy concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 5 | 0.7% |
5 of 756 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 0.7% 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, 1948–1997 (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.