How popular is “Timothy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Timothy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Timothy” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Timothy” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Timothy” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Timothy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Timothy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Timothy” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	70	0.000347422		70	-100%
1881	63	0.000326953		63	-100%
1882	71	0.000320494		71	-100%
1883	62	0.000285785		62	-100%
1884	77	0.000316272		77	-100%
1885	64	0.000265721		64	-100%
1886	74	0.000289837		74	-100%
1887	54	0.000218277		54	-100%
1888	76	0.000253778		76	-100%
1889	82	0.00028379		82	-100%
1890	56	0.000185799		56	-100%
1891	66	0.000230227		66	-100%
1892	71	0.000212337		71	-100%
1893	62	0.000190638		62	-100%
1894	71	0.000209631		71	-100%
1895	60	0.00017093		60	-100%
1896	72	0.000201408		72	-100%
1897	58	0.000167168		58	-100%
1898	75	0.000196616		75	-100%
1899	60	0.000176869		60	-100%
1900	76	0.000168792		76	-100%
1901	62	0.000179288		62	-100%
1902	62	0.000160317		62	-100%
1903	49	0.000128541		49	-100%
1904	58	0.000143748		58	-100%
1905	73	0.000172201		73	-100%
1906	52	0.000121367		52	-100%
1907	81	0.000174048		81	-100%
1908	67	0.000137113		67	-100%
1909	67	0.000131058		67	-100%
1910	75	0.000126966		75	-100%
1911	88	0.000136587		88	-100%
1912	128	0.000129547		128	-100%
1913	160	0.000140708		160	-100%
1914	174	0.000122852		174	-100%
1915	253	0.000138068		253	-100%
1916	246	0.00012717		246	-100%
1917	260	0.000129563		260	-100%
1918	285	0.000131269		285	-100%
1919	249	0.000117996		249	-100%
1920	269	0.000118888		269	-100%
1921	257	0.000110088	8	249	-94%
1922	288	0.000125811		288	-100%
1923	325	0.000141152		325	-100%
1924	322	0.000135203		322	-100%
1925	324	0.000138859	5	319	-97%
1926	274	0.000119343		274	-100%
1927	325	0.000140125		325	-100%
1928	302	0.000133573	5	297	-97%
1929	292	0.000133202		292	-100%
1930	312	0.000140333	5	307	-97%
1931	344	0.000163468		344	-100%
1932	341	0.000161513		341	-100%
1933	346	0.000173048		346	-100%
1934	336	0.000161786		336	-100%
1935	376	0.000179913	5	371	-97%
1936	439	0.000211304		439	-100%
1937	673	0.000315863		673	-100%
1938	892	0.00040315	10	882	-98%
1939	1075	0.000487873	8	1067	-99%
1940	1385	0.000601472		1385	-100%
1941	1639	0.000672707	7	1632	-99%
1942	2285	0.000836439	10	2275	-99%
1943	2591	0.000917961	13	2578	-99%
1944	2765	0.001027851	11	2754	-99%
1945	3601	0.001357377	10	3591	-99%
1946	5173	0.001618937	21	5152	-99%
1947	6760	0.001876567	13	6747	-100%
1948	8060	0.002334528	17	8043	-100%
1949	9365	0.002687404	19	9346	-100%
1950	10525	0.003004261	27	10498	-99%
1951	12716	0.003451928	12	12704	-100%
1952	14196	0.003737752	29	14167	-100%
1953	15223	0.003950287	35	15188	-100%
1954	17469	0.004388415	42	17427	-100%
1955	20785	0.005176734	47	20738	-100%
1956	23337	0.005660148	48	23289	-100%
1957	24789	0.005899133	56	24733	-100%
1958	28875	0.006984923	81	28794	-99%
1959	30863	0.007422573	79	30784	-99%
1960	30574	0.007360463	89	30485	-99%
1961	28345	0.006842815	99	28246	-99%
1962	27198	0.006739899	91	27107	-99%
1963	27281	0.006892274	99	27182	-99%
1964	28188	0.007250736	91	28097	-99%
1965	28444	0.007845649	112	28332	-99%
1966	29042	0.008355835	115	28927	-99%
1967	28714	0.008457989	127	28587	-99%
1968	26635	0.007883879	138	26497	-99%
1969	23466	0.006752178	107	23359	-99%
1970	22568	0.006257566	141	22427	-99%
1971	20204	0.005886338	115	20089	-99%
1972	17719	0.005637618	114	17605	-99%
1973	16129	0.00534624	94	16035	-99%
1974	15968	0.005252633	76	15892	-99%
1975	16053	0.00531663	105	15948	-99%
1976	16739	0.005516594	118	16621	-99%
1977	18078	0.00569118	102	17976	-99%
1978	19704	0.006208194	107	19597	-99%
1979	19207	0.005773069	129	19078	-99%
1980	19252	0.00558919	105	19147	-99%
1981	18373	0.005311075	145	18228	-98%
1982	17596	0.005016018	133	17463	-98%
1983	16488	0.004760724	125	16363	-98%
1984	17113	0.004905188	125	16988	-99%
1985	17271	0.004839022	133	17138	-98%
1986	16982	0.004774143	107	16875	-99%
1987	17515	0.004857703	118	17397	-99%
1988	16923	0.00457992	115	16808	-99%
1989	16489	0.004289044	62	16427	-99%
1990	15759	0.003987119	60	15699	-99%
1991	14182	0.003640831	29	14153	-100%
1992	12891	0.003355919	29	12862	-100%
1993	11664	0.00309367	26	11638	-100%
1994	10787	0.002901562	19	10768	-100%
1995	9806	0.002677658	18	9788	-100%
1996	8938	0.00245065	19	8919	-100%
1997	8516	0.002348756	14	8502	-100%
1998	7860	0.002136911	15	7845	-100%
1999	7607	0.00205936	14	7593	-100%
2000	7270	0.001923329	9	7261	-100%
2001	6435	0.00171903	13	6422	-100%
2002	6029	0.001612769	9	6020	-100%
2003	5499	0.001446223	13	5486	-100%
2004	5266	0.001378201	33	5233	-99%
2005	5042	0.001311366	8	5034	-100%
2006	4711	0.001190792	5	4706	-100%
2007	4444	0.001111644	7	4437	-100%
2008	4100	0.00104308	6	4094	-100%
2009	3772	0.000987389		3772	-100%
2010	3458	0.000935672	5	3453	-100%
2011	3233	0.000883867		3233	-100%
2012	3128	0.00085526	5	3123	-100%
2013	3068	0.000841547		3068	-100%
2014	3011	0.000812384		3011	-100%
2015	2806	0.000758192	5	2801	-100%
2016	2677	0.000729687	5	2672	-100%
2017	2418	0.000676138		2418	-100%
2018	2355	0.000669815		2355	-100%
2019	2092	0.00060272		2092	-100%
2020	2010	0.000601692		2010	-100%
2021	1921	0.00056701		1921	-100%
2022	1844	0.000545057		1844	-100%
2023	1742	0.000526094		1742	-100%
2024	1708	0.000513144		1708	-100%

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