Tim
Boy · TIM · Greek
Tim is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “honouring God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Tim mean?
Greek: short form of Timothy
“honouring God”
Short for Timothy; Tiny Tim is the sickly boy in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
- Say it
- TIM
Is Tim a girl's or a boy's name?
Tim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Tim, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 33 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Tim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,172 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 23 | #923 |
| 2002 | 20 | #951 |
| 2001 | 25 | #768 |
| 2000 | 33 | #620 |
| 1999 | 27 | #705 |
| 1998 | 18 | #906 |
| 1997 | 25 | #716 |
| 1996 | 30 | #601 |
How popular is Tim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Tim, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 6,931 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tim in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 54 | #2,502 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,363 |
| 2018 | 57 | #2,324 |
| 2017 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,066 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,212 |
| 2014 | 75 | #1,919 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 41 | #2,867 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,546 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,068 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,009 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,000 |
| 2007 | 77 | #1,861 |
| 2006 | 78 | #1,769 |
| 2005 | 84 | #1,617 |
| 2004 | 60 | #1,985 |
| 2003 | 88 | #1,476 |
| 2002 | 79 | #1,554 |
| 2001 | 81 | #1,498 |
| 2000 | 91 | #1,379 |
| 1999 | 74 | #1,514 |
| 1998 | 61 | #1,677 |
| 1997 | 57 | #1,703 |
| 1996 | 61 | #1,596 |
| 1995 | 51 | #1,731 |
| 1994 | 69 | #1,405 |
| 1993 | 64 | #1,455 |
| 1992 | 78 | #1,276 |
| 1991 | 68 | #1,362 |
| 1990 | 77 | #1,254 |
| 1989 | 96 | #1,060 |
| 1988 | 92 | #1,021 |
| 1987 | 83 | #1,046 |
| 1986 | 75 | #1,074 |
| 1985 | 101 | #901 |
| 1984 | 122 | #784 |
| 1983 | 96 | #895 |
| 1982 | 139 | #747 |
| 1981 | 162 | #679 |
| 1980 | 165 | #675 |
| 1979 | 148 | #702 |
| 1978 | 246 | #523 |
| 1977 | 254 | #520 |
| 1976 | 291 | #459 |
| 1975 | 327 | #436 |
| 1974 | 410 | #382 |
| 1973 | 523 | #328 |
| 1972 | 733 | #265 |
| 1971 | 1,049 | #226 |
| 1970 | 1,324 | #199 |
| 1969 | 1,544 | #181 |
| 1968 | 2,073 | #139 |
| 1967 | 2,624 | #116 |
| 1966 | 3,141 | #103 |
| 1965 | 3,718 | #97 |
| 1964 | 4,695 | #82 |
| 1963 | 5,016 | #79 |
| 1962 | 5,585 | #72 |
| 1961 | 6,245 | #65 |
| 1960 | 6,931 | #60 |
| 1959 | 6,826 | #60 |
| 1958 | 5,540 | #74 |
| 1957 | 3,251 | #119 |
| 1956 | 1,717 | #174 |
| 1955 | 1,144 | #212 |
| 1954 | 815 | #244 |
| 1953 | 744 | #254 |
| 1952 | 696 | #260 |
| 1951 | 715 | #250 |
| 1950 | 754 | #241 |
| 1949 | 1,007 | #201 |
| 1948 | 1,296 | #171 |
| 1947 | 1,330 | #170 |
| 1946 | 1,134 | #171 |
| 1945 | 779 | #192 |
| 1944 | 605 | #228 |
| 1943 | 618 | #232 |
| 1942 | 512 | #263 |
| 1941 | 388 | #296 |
| 1940 | 333 | #307 |
| 1939 | 245 | #358 |
| 1938 | 270 | #337 |
| 1937 | 162 | #441 |
| 1936 | 134 | #488 |
| 1935 | 131 | #498 |
| 1934 | 114 | #552 |
| 1933 | 101 | #572 |
| 1932 | 87 | #651 |
| 1931 | 72 | #717 |
| 1930 | 61 | #832 |
| 1929 | 74 | #729 |
| 1928 | 50 | #963 |
| 1927 | 64 | #840 |
| 1926 | 65 | #821 |
| 1925 | 60 | #858 |
| 1924 | 62 | #872 |
| 1923 | 65 | #841 |
| 1922 | 49 | #1,010 |
| 1921 | 54 | #953 |
| 1920 | 64 | #846 |
| 1919 | 57 | #877 |
| 1918 | 67 | #796 |
| 1917 | 48 | #919 |
| 1916 | 56 | #834 |
| 1915 | 40 | #996 |
| 1914 | 55 | #687 |
| 1913 | 37 | #777 |
| 1912 | 36 | #713 |
| 1911 | 23 | #644 |
| 1910 | 34 | #474 |
| 1909 | 30 | #462 |
| 1908 | 21 | #553 |
| 1907 | 19 | #559 |
| 1906 | 15 | #613 |
| 1905 | 19 | #525 |
| 1904 | 14 | #612 |
| 1903 | 25 | #393 |
| 1902 | 18 | #507 |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 22 | #490 |
| 1899 | 13 | #548 |
| 1898 | 12 | #634 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 14 | #551 |
| 1895 | 15 | #529 |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 19 | #419 |
| 1892 | 12 | #596 |
| 1891 | 15 | #456 |
| 1890 | 17 | #434 |
| 1889 | 14 | #498 |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 18 | #392 |
| 1886 | 14 | #491 |
| 1885 | 16 | #462 |
| 1884 | 16 | #468 |
| 1883 | 16 | #448 |
| 1882 | 11 | #576 |
| 1881 | 12 | #503 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
Nicknames for Tim
- Timmy 7 boys in the UK in 2025
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