Timothy remains a common boys' name (#203 in 2025), down from a peak of #11 in 1960.
Timothy is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #203 for boy births in the United States (and #394 across all names), given to 1,734 babies. Timothy first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1959 (30,783 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,734 | 1,734 | — | #203 |
| 2024 | 1,721 | 1,721 | — | #207 |
| 2023 | 1,747 | 1,747 | — | #211 |
| 2022 | 1,848 | 1,848 | — | #202 |
| 2021 | 1,923 | 1,923 | — | #199 |
| 2020 | 2,011 | 2,011 | — | #192 |
| 2019 | 2,092 | 2,092 | — | #188 |
| 2018 | 2,356 | 2,356 | — | #165 |
| 2017 | 2,420 | 2,426 | — | #163 |
| 2016 | 2,679 | 2,679 | #18,648 | #152 |
| 2015 | 2,807 | 2,807 | #18,884 | #147 |
| 2014 | 3,012 | 3,012 | — | #134 |
| 2013 | 3,068 | 3,068 | — | #124 |
| 2012 | 3,128 | 3,128 | #19,317 | #118 |
| 2011 | 3,233 | 3,239 | — | #123 |
| 2010 | 3,459 | 3,459 | #19,611 | #114 |
| 2009 | 3,773 | 3,780 | — | #109 |
| 2008 | 4,101 | 4,101 | #17,334 | #107 |
| 2007 | 4,444 | 4,449 | #15,355 | #99 |
| 2006 | 4,711 | 4,711 | #19,845 | #93 |
| 2005 | 5,042 | 5,051 | #12,922 | #84 |
| 2004 | 5,267 | 5,275 | #4,276 | #79 |
| 2003 | 5,500 | 5,505 | #8,458 | #76 |
| 2002 | 6,029 | 6,035 | #11,035 | #70 |
| 2001 | 6,436 | 6,444 | #8,163 | #67 |
| 2000 | 7,270 | 7,288 | #10,683 | #58 |
| 1999 | 7,607 | 7,617 | #7,208 | #49 |
| 1998 | 7,860 | 7,874 | #6,697 | #49 |
| 1997 | 8,516 | — | #6,819 | #43 |
| 1996 | 8,938 | — | #5,271 | #40 |
| 1995 | 9,806 | — | #5,429 | #40 |
| 1994 | 10,786 | — | #5,231 | #39 |
| 1993 | 11,666 | — | #4,092 | #38 |
| 1992 | 12,893 | — | #3,767 | #34 |
| 1991 | 14,183 | — | #3,714 | #32 |
| 1990 | 15,760 | — | #2,173 | #30 |
| 1989 | 16,489 | — | #2,051 | #28 |
| 1988 | 16,922 | — | #1,279 | #25 |
| 1987 | 17,516 | — | #1,221 | #26 |
| 1986 | 16,982 | — | #1,271 | #27 |
| 1985 | 17,273 | — | #1,095 | #26 |
| 1984 | 17,112 | — | #1,111 | #26 |
| 1983 | 16,488 | — | #1,102 | #26 |
| 1982 | 17,597 | — | #1,078 | #24 |
| 1981 | 18,373 | — | #1,007 | #24 |
| 1980 | 19,251 | — | #1,249 | #20 |
| 1979 | 19,206 | — | #1,073 | #18 |
| 1978 | 19,704 | — | #1,185 | #17 |
| 1977 | 18,079 | — | #1,205 | #18 |
| 1976 | 16,738 | — | #1,046 | #21 |
| 1975 | 16,052 | — | #1,118 | #22 |
| 1974 | 15,967 | — | #1,363 | #22 |
| 1973 | 16,130 | — | #1,167 | #22 |
| 1972 | 17,719 | — | #1,028 | #21 |
| 1971 | 20,204 | — | #1,056 | #21 |
| 1970 | 22,563 | — | #919 | #20 |
| 1969 | 23,465 | — | #1,064 | #17 |
| 1968 | 26,634 | — | #878 | #13 |
| 1967 | 28,714 | — | #910 | #11 |
| 1966 | 29,038 | — | #951 | #11 |
| 1965 | 28,446 | — | #981 | #12 |
| 1964 | 28,181 | — | #1,162 | #15 |
| 1963 | 27,286 | — | #1,098 | #15 |
| 1962 | 27,202 | — | #1,149 | #16 |
| 1961 | 28,353 | — | #1,100 | #15 |
| 1960 | 30,587 | — | #1,161 | #11 |
| 1959 | 30,862 | — | #1,207 | #12 |
| 1958 | 28,878 | — | #1,188 | #13 |
| 1957 | 24,789 | — | #1,426 | #19 |
| 1956 | 23,336 | — | #1,546 | #19 |
| 1955 | 20,785 | — | #1,496 | #22 |
| 1954 | 17,469 | — | #1,579 | #26 |
| 1953 | 15,222 | — | #1,700 | #26 |
| 1952 | 14,196 | — | #1,889 | #27 |
| 1951 | 12,717 | — | #3,268 | #28 |
| 1950 | 10,526 | — | #1,869 | #32 |
| 1949 | 9,365 | — | #2,335 | #34 |
| 1948 | 8,060 | — | #2,485 | #38 |
| 1947 | 6,760 | — | #3,054 | #52 |
| 1946 | 5,173 | — | #2,087 | #60 |
| 1945 | 3,601 | — | #3,112 | #70 |
| 1944 | 2,765 | — | #2,938 | #92 |
| 1943 | 2,591 | — | #2,682 | #99 |
| 1942 | 2,285 | — | #3,181 | #108 |
| 1941 | 1,639 | — | #3,925 | #121 |
| 1940 | 1,385 | — | — | #135 |
| 1939 | 1,074 | — | #3,400 | #153 |
| 1938 | 892 | — | #2,916 | #167 |
| 1937 | 674 | — | — | #192 |
| 1936 | 439 | — | — | #253 |
| 1935 | 376 | — | #4,834 | #281 |
| 1934 | 336 | — | — | #296 |
| 1933 | 346 | — | — | #284 |
| 1932 | 341 | — | — | #301 |
| 1931 | 344 | — | — | #301 |
| 1930 | 311 | — | #5,184 | #316 |
| 1929 | 292 | — | — | #325 |
| 1928 | 302 | — | #5,364 | #327 |
| 1927 | 325 | — | — | #320 |
| 1926 | 274 | — | — | #351 |
| 1925 | 324 | — | #5,697 | #319 |
| 1924 | 322 | — | — | #324 |
| 1923 | 325 | — | — | #323 |
| 1922 | 288 | — | — | #350 |
| 1921 | 257 | — | #3,985 | #383 |
| 1920 | 269 | — | — | #366 |
| 1919 | 249 | — | — | #367 |
| 1918 | 285 | — | — | #341 |
| 1917 | 260 | — | — | #344 |
| 1916 | 246 | — | — | #340 |
| 1915 | 253 | — | — | #332 |
| 1914 | 174 | — | — | #355 |
| 1913 | 160 | — | — | #319 |
| 1912 | 128 | — | — | #335 |
| 1911 | 88 | — | — | #280 |
| 1910 | 75 | — | — | #280 |
| 1909 | 67 | — | — | #278 |
| 1908 | 67 | — | — | #260 |
| 1907 | 81 | — | — | #228 |
| 1906 | 52 | — | — | #278 |
| 1905 | 73 | — | — | #226 |
| 1904 | 58 | — | — | #253 |
| 1903 | 49 | — | — | #265 |
| 1902 | 62 | — | — | #231 |
| 1901 | 62 | — | — | #220 |
| 1900 | 76 | — | — | #229 |
| 1899 | 60 | — | — | #218 |
| 1898 | 75 | — | — | #200 |
| 1897 | 58 | — | — | #231 |
| 1896 | 71 | — | — | #213 |
| 1895 | 60 | — | — | #228 |
| 1894 | 71 | — | — | #204 |
| 1893 | 62 | — | — | #220 |
| 1892 | 71 | — | — | #207 |
| 1891 | 66 | — | — | #190 |
| 1890 | 56 | — | — | #223 |
| 1889 | 82 | — | — | #166 |
| 1888 | 76 | — | — | #199 |
| 1887 | 54 | — | — | #216 |
| 1886 | 74 | — | — | #181 |
| 1885 | 64 | — | — | #199 |
| 1884 | 77 | — | — | #183 |
| 1883 | 62 | — | — | #192 |
| 1882 | 71 | — | — | #187 |
| 1881 | 63 | — | — | #185 |
| 1880 | 70 | — | — | #183 |