Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Timothy

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Timothy
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94.5% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

30,784

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

94.5%

2024

1,708

All-time

1,082,404

Timothy once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 30,784 boys were named Timothy.

In 2024, only 1,708 boys were given the name.

Down 94.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,082,404 Americans have been named Timothy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.5% from peak

195930,784 boys named Timothy

20241,708 boys named Timothy

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