Timmy

Boy · TIM-ee · Greek

Timmy is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “honouring God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).

What does Timmy mean?

Greek: pet form of Timothy

“honouring God”

Short for Timothy, from Greek time 'honour' and theos 'god'.

Say it: TIM-ee

Is Timmy a girl's or a boy's name?

Timmy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Timmy in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #3,021among boys
Babies in 2025: 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 37% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Timmy, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 12 boys.

Half of all the boys named Timmy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018. 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.

1996Busiest: 12 in 20122025

Timmy in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	7	#3,021
2024	3	#5,198
2023	0	–
2022	10	#2,279
2021	3	#4,989
2020	7	#2,819
2019	6	#3,184
2018	3	#4,959
2017	12	#2,037
2016	8	#2,690
2015	4	#4,086
2014	9	#2,378
2013	5	#3,466
2012	12	#1,956
2011	5	#3,446
2010	4	#4,026
2009	5	#3,395
2008	7	#2,616
2007	6	#2,873
2006	5	#3,013
2005	0	–
2004	3	#3,792
2003	6	#2,283
2002	0	–
2001	4	#2,714
2000	0	–
1999	3	#3,043
1998	3	#3,021
1997	0	–
1996	6	#1,840

How popular is Timmy in the US?

Rank in 2025: #5,859among boys
Babies in 2025: 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 33% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Timmy, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 1,572 boys. It first appears in the records in 1926.

Half of all the boys named Timmy in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.

1926Busiest: 1,572 in 19602025

Timmy in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	15	#5,859
2024	20	#4,886
2023	26	#4,109
2022	17	#5,441
2021	13	#6,330
2020	27	#3,808
2019	32	#3,493
2018	32	#3,442
2017	27	#3,885
2016	33	#3,357
2015	36	#3,148
2014	44	#2,703
2013	42	#2,761
2012	39	#2,952
2011	37	#3,045
2010	40	#2,913
2009	41	#2,893
2008	44	#2,752
2007	79	#1,830
2006	67	#1,993
2005	83	#1,633
2004	88	#1,514
2003	65	#1,812
2002	96	#1,369
2001	107	#1,239
2000	104	#1,257
1999	93	#1,300
1998	105	#1,174
1997	90	#1,271
1996	118	#1,035
1995	109	#1,078
1994	121	#1,005
1993	121	#980
1992	144	#877
1991	152	#837
1990	139	#865
1989	129	#883
1988	140	#800
1987	137	#786
1986	136	#777
1985	145	#733
1984	171	#660
1983	158	#679
1982	184	#637
1981	167	#663
1980	235	#562
1979	271	#510
1978	286	#480
1977	293	#470
1976	284	#466
1975	308	#455
1974	361	#411
1973	382	#397
1972	465	#362
1971	619	#310
1970	646	#306
1969	698	#285
1968	968	#229
1967	967	#227
1966	1,038	#216
1965	1,087	#220
1964	1,301	#211
1963	1,379	#208
1962	1,437	#205
1961	1,482	#200
1960	1,572	#192
1959	1,570	#188
1958	1,177	#225
1957	606	#310
1956	408	#365
1955	282	#439
1954	250	#458
1953	178	#534
1952	179	#521
1951	187	#495
1950	160	#536
1949	153	#538
1948	140	#562
1947	92	#714
1946	87	#695
1945	64	#767
1944	65	#774
1943	54	#908
1942	36	#1,139
1941	32	#1,169
1940	19	#1,573
1939	25	#1,323
1938	25	#1,337
1937	11	#2,197
1936	10	#2,301
1935	13	#2,029
1934	6	#3,275
1933	12	#2,093
1932	0	–
1931	0	–
1930	5	#3,999
1929	11	#2,451
1928	0	–
1927	0	–
1926	6	#3,706

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