Tim — #2497 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Tim

The Social Security Administration has registered 83,327 babies named Tim between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tim currently holds the #2497 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 6,931 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tim performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 41,580 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Tim shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 9,644 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Tim in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tim 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 83,327 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.