boys:
4.1k births since 1941
#1912 (58th percentile)
overall:
4.1k births since 1941
#4284 (45th percentile)
The name Timmothy is the #4,284 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,096 recorded births since 1941. This represents the 44.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 44.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,912 (58.3% percentile) for all time with 4,096 births since 1941.
Timmothy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1941 (first recorded for boys in 1941). Birth data for Timmothy is available in 78 out of the 83 years between 1941 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Timmothy reached its peak popularity in 1960, achieving the 19.1% percentile (ranked #532) with 62 births per million. The name was most common in 1966, with 70 births per million (ranked 18.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Timmothy ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 5.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Timmothy".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Timmothy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Timmothy is pronounced as TIH-muh-thee, which has 3 syllables.
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