Timoteo
Timoteo was given to 47 boys in 2025, #2,754 among boys’ names; 1,473 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,070 Americans named Timoteo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (72% of everyone recorded); the median is 27 years old and half are between 10 and 47.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Timoteo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Timoteo mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Timoteo is “a male given name, equivalent to English Timothy” Its etymology gives the senses “to honour” (τῑμάω) and “god” (θεός).
Derived from Latin Tīmotheus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Τῑμόθεος (Tīmótheos), from τῑμάω (tīmáō, “to honour”) + θεός (theós, “god”).
/timoˈteo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Timoteo?
#2,754 among boys’ names, 2025
Timoteo rose from #4,868 in 2015 to #2,754 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 10.4 to 27.5 per million.
47 babies in 2025, the peak
Timoteo peaked in 2025, when 47 boys were given it, #2,754 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 41 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,754 | 27.5 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,041 | 23.8 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,552 | 19.3 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,415 | 10.3 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,804 | 16.6 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,903 | 15.6 |
| 2019 | 19 | #5,130 | 10.6 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,202 | 13.8 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,755 | 8.6 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,454 | 12.1 |
Every recorded year (110)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 20 | #4,868 | 10.4 |
| 2014 | 19 | #5,041 | 9.9 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,624 | 8.5 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,958 | 7.9 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,637 | 11.1 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,328 | 7.3 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,905 | 10.1 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,776 | 3.9 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,876 | 7.2 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,497 | 7.8 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,252 | 8.0 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,221 | 8.1 |
| 2003 | 12 | #6,211 | 6.1 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,885 | 8.2 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,632 | 6.7 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,363 | 9.2 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,475 | 5.2 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,379 | 12.0 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,921 | 6.9 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,807 | 9.5 |
| 1995 | 12 | #5,089 | 6.3 |
| 1994 | 16 | #4,067 | 8.3 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,772 | 13.3 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,300 | 7.0 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,983 | 7.4 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,640 | 5.8 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,497 | 6.0 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,329 | 8.4 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,703 | 7.0 |
| 1986 | 8 | #5,285 | 4.3 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,305 | 5.4 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,441 | 7.2 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,613 | 6.7 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,665 | 6.6 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,200 | 7.8 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,950 | 9.0 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,374 | 5.2 |
| 1978 | 9 | #4,131 | 5.5 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,774 | 9.7 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,938 | 8.9 |
| 1975 | 8 | #4,280 | 5.1 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,450 | 10.8 |
| 1973 | 6 | #5,035 | 3.8 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,973 | 7.4 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,956 | 6.8 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,391 | 8.6 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,845 | 6.2 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,343 | 4.6 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,969 | 5.2 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,892 | 3.2 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,576 | 3.5 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,300 | 3.9 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,604 | 3.4 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,328 | 3.8 |
| 1960 | 9 | #3,054 | 4.2 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,262 | 3.7 |
| 1958 | 9 | #3,016 | 4.2 |
| 1957 | 5 | #4,506 | 2.3 |
| 1955 | 5 | #4,350 | 2.4 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,431 | 5.9 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,279 | 6.6 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,344 | 3.6 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,647 | 5.3 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,755 | 5.0 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,274 | 3.9 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,988 | 4.6 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,491 | 6.0 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,392 | 6.8 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,563 | 6.7 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,978 | 10.3 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,188 | 5.1 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,633 | 7.3 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,310 | 9.5 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,432 | 9.0 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,146 | 6.3 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,322 | 10.3 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,832 | 7.7 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,235 | 11.5 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,547 | 9.7 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,359 | 11.1 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,448 | 10.5 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,634 | 9.6 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,423 | 24.6 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,188 | 13.0 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,057 | 8.1 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,866 | 16.9 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,357 | 7.2 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,307 | 12.5 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,216 | 13.2 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,322 | 12.8 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,221 | 8.3 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,366 | 12.7 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,473 | 7.5 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,120 | 6.1 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,523 | 11.8 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,186 | 8.6 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,144 | 15.7 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,333 | 5.9 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,232 | 9.2 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,515 | 14.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Timoteo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Timoteo has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 110 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Timoteo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Timoteo, and how old are they?
1,070 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 72% of the 1,473 Americans ever recorded as Timoteo. The median Timoteo alive today is 27 years old; half are between 10 and 47.
The 2020 Census counted 2,364 people named Timoteo (8 women and girls, 2,356 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 935 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.5 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 31 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 150 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 212 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 242 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 331 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Timoteo born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 11 | #1,641 | 4.0× |
| California | 10 | #1,674 | 1.0× |
Where Timoteo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Timoteo is most over-represented in Texas: since 1912 it was given 4.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Timoteo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 1,614 babies since 1880, Timoteo is the most given (91% of them). In 2025 it was given to 47 of their 47 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Timoteo
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Timoteo and names like it
- Compare Timoteo and TimotyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sTimoteo peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Timoteo since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Timoteo: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Timoteo.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Timoteo alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with TMost given first.