Baby name

Tim

Boy

Origin of the name

Tim is a short form of Timothy.

Short-lived name

Tim peaked in 1960, when 1 baby in 599 was given the name. Since then, the name has fallen 99%, to about 40 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 3180. 50% of all babies named Tim since 1880 were born in the 1960s.

83,358births since 1880

1960sgeneration

No. 60rank at its peak, in 1960

Where babies named Tim are born

1960

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The darker the blue, the more common Tim is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Tim is most common in Montana (2.4 times), Iowa (2.4) and South Dakota (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Jim 153,122
Tom 139,756
Kim 34,951
Sim 1,933

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