Timothy

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Timothy is a masculine name. It is a version of the Greek name ฮคฮนฮผฯŒฮธฮตฮฟฯ‚ meaning 'one who honours God', from ฯ„ฮนฮผฮฎ 'honour' and ฮธฮตฯŒฯ‚ 'god'. Timothy is a common name in several countries.

From Wikipedia

Timothy first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 58 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1985 with 1,102 babies (rank #12 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Timothy

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Timothy yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

28,977
Total babies (all years)
58
Years in the data
1,102
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952128#61
1953142#57
1954153#52
1955178#46
1956177#49
1957224#42
1958262#41
1959249#42
1960367#46
1961427#39
1962402#39
1963444#30
1964412#32
1965445#28
1966472#24
1967516#25
1968509#26
1969543#26
1970485#30
1971571#29
1972532#30
1973568#29
1974556#30
1975552#29
1976627#25
1977638#24
1978712#22
1979903#17
1980951#15
1981968#14
19821,047#12
19831,012#13
19841,040#12
19851,102#12
19861,039#13
19871,032#11
1988903#15
1989912#16
1990868#17
1991742#18
1992721#22
1993664#23
1994585#26
1995490#32
1996449#35
1997393#40
1998338#46
1999328#47
2000264#57
2001238#61
2002227#61
2003177#74
200494#102
2005174#83
20148#205
20157#235
20165#323
20175#321