Boys' name · since 1967
Tymothy
273 babies named Tymothy in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,179 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 273
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tymothy is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 273 have been recorded since 1967.
Tymothy has 273 recorded births among boys since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1967 to 2011.
- #11,179 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 273 born since 1967
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tymothy ranks #11,179 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 273 born since 1967, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,179 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 273
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tymothy's 273 recorded births place it above 75.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tymothy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tymothy's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1967, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tymothy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2011
- Peak year (1994)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Tymothy by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (129 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Tymothy's strongest decade.
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Tymothy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 46
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
129 births
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 129 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Tymothy's decade-level peak was the 1990s (129 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- 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 Tymothy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1967–2011 (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 Tymothy 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.