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Timothy
Pronounced /ˈtɪməθi/
Rank in 2024
#207
Born in 2024
1,708
Peak year
1959 · #12
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,708 boys were named Timothy, about 1 in every 1,004.
- It peaked in 1959 with 30,784 babies, ranked #12.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 1,082,404 boys have been named Timothy since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Timothy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 1.0Silent1928–45
- 9.8Boomers1946–64
- 12.4Gen X1965–80
- 7.8Millennials1981–96
- 2.7Gen Z1997–12
- 1.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 4,860 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Silent: 19,910 babies, 0.96 per 1,000. Boomers: 368,727 babies, 9.82 per 1,000. Gen X: 336,117 babies, 12.35 per 1,000. Millennials: 237,514 babies, 7.80 per 1,000. Gen Z: 86,214 babies, 2.75 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 27,642 babies, 1.27 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle French Timothée, from Latin Tīmotheus, from Ancient Greek Τῑμόθεος (Tīmótheos), from τῑμάω (tīmáō, “to honour”) + θεός (theós, “god”).
- A male given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin, also borne by early Christian saints.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈtɪməθi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Timothy, CC BY-SA 4.0.