Taimur
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TY-moor
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Taimur is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “iron”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Taimur mean?
Turkish: Turkic Temür, via Persian and Urdu
“iron”
A form of Timur, the name of the 14th-century Central Asian conqueror known in English as Tamerlane.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Taimur a girl's or a boy's name?
Taimur is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taimur in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Taimur, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Taimur in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Taimur in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 2 | #3,980 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Taimur in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Taimur, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Taimur in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taimur in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
Names like Taimur
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Umar, Zayaan, Hamza, Zayan, Zayd, Amir, Abdur, Abdullah, Ibrahim, Zayyan
Names related to Taimur
More Turkish names
Ayla, Aylin, Alara, Ayda, Orhan, Ayzel, Kaya, Aydin, Aslan, Eren, Evren, Ayaz, Ela, Aylah, Aleyna, Deniz
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Taimur: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taimur, updated 20 October 2026.