Tim

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Tim is a masculine given name. It is often short for Timothy. Tim is a common name in several countries. In Glasgow, Scotland Tim is a slang term for a Catholic.

From Wikipedia

Tim first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1999 with 1,165 babies (rank #1 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Tim

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

31,119
Total babies (all years)
59
Years in the data
1,165
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
19554#629
19577#582
19589#544
195916#442
196015#457
196119#409
196212#511
196322#401
196421#410
196525#380
196630#345
196747#286
196834#326
196931#358
197039#323
197137#334
197278#204
197396#175
1974139#126
1975142#128
1976144#131
1977179#104
1978249#79
1979273#71
1980401#53
1981399#47
1982468#38
1983479#33
1984568#29
1985674#25
1986851#11
1987921#8
1988961#8
1989949#6
19901,042#5
1991954#7
1992958#7
1993949#6
19941,051#3
1995975#3
19961,129#1
19971,063#2
19981,120#2
19991,165#1
20001,112#3
20011,064#3
20021,053#3
20031,013#3
2004894#4
2005831#4
2006806#6
2007853#2
2008832#3
2009756#7
2010725#6
2011667#12
2012641#10
2013585#13
2014542#12