# Timur (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/timur/  
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 | “iron” |
| Pronunciation | /tɪˈmʊəɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Taimur |
| US babies named this | 977 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 977 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 528, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Turkish Timur and other languages, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”).

## 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 | 34 | 3,298 |
| 2012 | 44 | 2,763 |
| 2013 | 39 | 2,946 |
| 2014 | 26 | 3,998 |
| 2015 | 42 | 2,859 |
| 2016 | 51 | 2,514 |
| 2017 | 61 | 2,214 |
| 2018 | 50 | 2,574 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,097 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3,068 |
| 2021 | 48 | 2,691 |
| 2022 | 49 | 2,711 |
| 2023 | 49 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 51 | 2,631 |
| 2025 | 50 | 2,639 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,158 |
| 2012 | 33 | 901 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,294 |
| 2014 | 30 | 959 |
| 2015 | 34 | 888 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,146 |
| 2018 | 29 | 985 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 34 | 856 |
| 2021 | 31 | 963 |
| 2022 | 31 | 967 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,402 |
| 2025 | 22 | 1,276 |

## People named Timur

- Timur Shah Durrani, Emir of Afghanistan (1746 , 1793)
- Timur Vermes, German author
- Timur Mutsurayev, Chechen singer
- Timur Rodriguez, Comedian and singer
- Timur Gareev, American chess player
- Timur Beg, Chinese politician (1886–1933)
- Timur Oruz, German field hockey player (1994-)
- Timur Kuran, American academic

## 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.