# Tim (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tim/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 83,546 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 83,358 / 188 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 457, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 13 | 3,669 |
| 1961 | 13 | 3,778 |
| 1962 | 10 | 4,511 |
| 1963 | 5 | 7,568 |
| 1964 | 11 | 4,331 |
| 1965 | 14 | 3,532 |
| 1966 | 8 | 5,241 |
| 1967 | 7 | 5,999 |
| 1968 | 8 | 5,606 |
| 1969 | 9 | 5,422 |
| 1970 | 16 | 3,857 |
| 1971 | 9 | 5,966 |
| 1972 | 5 | 9,551 |
| 1975 | 5 | 10,492 |
| 1976 | 5 | 10,784 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 2,586 |
| 2012 | 41 | 2,901 |
| 2013 | 51 | 2,456 |
| 2014 | 75 | 1,942 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,228 |
| 2016 | 68 | 2,083 |
| 2017 | 53 | 2,444 |
| 2018 | 57 | 2,353 |
| 2019 | 57 | 2,389 |
| 2020 | 32 | 3,482 |
| 2021 | 42 | 2,968 |
| 2022 | 32 | 3,607 |
| 2023 | 37 | 3,285 |
| 2024 | 54 | 2,520 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,230 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Tim

- Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist (born 1955)
- Tim Cook, American business executive, Apple executive chairman
- Tim Walz, American politician (born 1964)
- Tim Curry, British actor (1946–2026)
- Tim Cahill, Australian association football player
- Tim Howard, American soccer player (born 1979)
- Tim Hunt, Biochemist; Nobel laureate
- Tim Kaine, American lawyer and politician (born 1958)
- Tim Krul, Dutch footballer (born 1988)
- Tim Wiese, German footballer
- Tim Borowski, German footballer (born 1980)
- Tim Rice, British lyricist and author

## 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.