# Timmy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/timmy/  
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 | /ˈtɪmi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Timmie |
| US babies named this | 25,923 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 25,755 / 168 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 144, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Tim + -y.

## 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 | 12 | 3,904 |
| 1961 | 9 | 4,857 |
| 1962 | 16 | 3,286 |
| 1963 | 13 | 3,785 |
| 1964 | 8 | 5,433 |
| 1965 | 11 | 4,185 |
| 1966 | 10 | 4,464 |
| 1967 | 8 | 5,419 |
| 1968 | 11 | 4,470 |
| 1969 | 14 | 3,948 |
| 1970 | 9 | 5,789 |
| 1971 | 8 | 6,583 |
| 1972 | 8 | 6,514 |
| 1973 | 5 | 9,693 |
| 1976 | 6 | 9,184 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 3,105 |
| 2012 | 39 | 2,999 |
| 2013 | 42 | 2,802 |
| 2014 | 44 | 2,748 |
| 2015 | 36 | 3,220 |
| 2016 | 33 | 3,433 |
| 2017 | 27 | 3,973 |
| 2018 | 32 | 3,516 |
| 2019 | 32 | 3,561 |
| 2020 | 27 | 3,905 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,642 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,610 |
| 2023 | 26 | 4,206 |
| 2024 | 20 | 5,042 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,107 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Timmy

- Timmy Simons, Belgian footballer (born 1976)
- Timmy Thomas, American musician (1944–2022)
- Timmy Yip, Chinese art director
- Timmy Gillion, French track cyclist

## 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.