Boys' name · since 1947
Timon
487 babies named Timon in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,025 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,219 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 487
- born since 1947
- 1990s
- peak decade
487 babies have been named Timon since 1947, making it today's #12219 boys' name.
Timon has 487 recorded births among boys since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12219 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of boys, 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 1947 to 2025.
- #8,025 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,219 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 487 born since 1947
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Timon ranks #8,025 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,219 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 487 born since 1947, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,025 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,219 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 487
- born since 1947
- 1990s
- peak decade
Timon's 487 recorded births place it above 82.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Timon compares
487 Top 45% higher than 55% of 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
Timon's all-time total is 32% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Timon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 487 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Timon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Timon's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1961, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Timon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Timon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (118 births, 24% of the file).
1990s was Timon's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Timon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s
1970s
50 births
- 1980s
1980s
97 births
- 1990s
1990s
118 births
- 2000s
2000s
112 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 118 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Timon's decade-level peak was the 1990s (118 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Timon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1947–2025 (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 Timon 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.