# Tiberius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tiberius/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /taɪˈbɪə̯.ɹi.əs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,301 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,301 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 122, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Tiberius, literally 'Of the Tiber', from Tiberis, the river Tiber. Also note Faliscan equivalent *Tiferios. The name is mistaken by some to be of Etruscan origin but note the borrowed variants, Thefarie (from Faliscan) and Teperi (from Latin).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 2,741 |
| 2012 | 50 | 2,515 |
| 2013 | 74 | 1,913 |
| 2014 | 86 | 1,763 |
| 2015 | 109 | 1,522 |
| 2016 | 91 | 1,720 |
| 2017 | 109 | 1,522 |
| 2018 | 93 | 1,705 |
| 2019 | 84 | 1,821 |
| 2020 | 65 | 2,164 |
| 2021 | 77 | 1,957 |
| 2022 | 63 | 2,296 |
| 2023 | 59 | 2,360 |
| 2024 | 52 | 2,592 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,177 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: تيبيريوس
- Armenian: Տիբերիոս
- Bulgarian: Тибе́рий
- Catalan: Tiberi
- Czech: Tiberius
- Danish: Tiberius
- Dutch: Tiberius
- Esperanto: Tiberio
- Estonian: Tiberius
- French: Tibère
- Georgian: ტიბერიუსი
- German: Tiberius
- Greek: Τιβέριος
- Hebrew: טיבריוס
- Hungarian: Tibor, Tiberius
- Indonesian: Tiberius
- Irish: Tiberius
- Italian: Tiberio
- Korean: 티베리우스
- Latin: Tiberius

## People named Tiberius

- Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch linguist (1685-1766)
- Tiberius Cornelis Winkler, Dutch paleontologist (1822–1897)
- Tiberios III, Byzantine emperor from 698 to 705

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.