Timber
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- TIM-ber
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Timber is a name of English origin, meaning “wood for building”. In 2025 it ranked 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Timber mean?
English: English word, from Old English timber 'building material'
“wood for building”
One of the English nature-word names; the word once meant a building as well as the wood used for it.
Is Timber a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Timber has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls and 33 boys in the US.
How popular is Timber in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,711th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Timber, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 84 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970. 33 boys were also named Timber in 2025 (3,449th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Timber than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Timber in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were given Timber or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,400, up from #3,711 for this spelling alone.
- Timber 40
- Tymber 17
Girls were 83% of the babies named Timber in the US in 1995, and 55% in 2025.
Timber in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,823 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,792 |
| 2021 | 80 | #2,286 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 76 | #2,355 |
| 2018 | 72 | #2,457 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,779 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,779 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,448 |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,809 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,926 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Nicknames for Timber
- Tim 7 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Timber
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harper, Parker, Ember, Winter, Carter, Miller, Hunter, Piper, Taylor, Chandler, River, Denver
Other spellings of Timber
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from 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, “Timber: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/timber, updated 20 October 2026.