Unisex name · since 1995
Thyme
58 babies named Thyme in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,367 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1995
- 1990s
- peak decade
Thyme sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 58 recorded since 1995.
Thyme has 58 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2022.
- #33,367 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 58 born since 1995
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thyme ranks #33,367 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1995, peaking in the 1990s.
- #33,367 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1995
- 1990s
- peak decade
Thyme's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thyme's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Thyme splits its recorded history at 2004: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Thyme popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2022
- Peak year (1999)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Thyme popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2019 (Thyme as boys' name)
Thyme by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (20 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Thyme's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Thyme births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 20 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Thyme's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (20 total births) through the 2020s (13) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Thyme: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1995–2022 (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 Thyme 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.