A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Timothy
earnest · measured · mild
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenThe name traces to the Greek Timotheos, combining the elements tīmē and theos. English printers standardized the spelling during the sixteenth century. Settlers brought the name to North America during the seventeenth century. It settled into everyday American use long before national recordkeeping began in 1880.
Also answers toTim, Timmy
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025
SSA Data 1880 peak: 30,862 souls, A.D. 1959 2025
2025: 1,734 born, falling ↘
Estimated Age
50 yrs
Most Timothys were born around 1966 — has dialed a rotary phone in earnest.
Peak Reign
1959
№12 that year
Generation
Gen X, 33%
then Boomer 30% · Millennial 25%
Rarity
Top 100 all-time
≈1.09M ever born · now falling
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Timothy grew up with
SSA Data8-track tapes·The Brady Bunch·lava lamps
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Timothy peaked in 1959.
Estimated average age: 50.
What people think
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Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
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Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenThe name reads as someone who still owns a cassette deck that works properly. With the average bearer now fifty, it lands firmly in the realm of labeled storage bins. A Timothy tends to be pictured carrying a canvas briefcase and an unironic thermos. The name carries the quiet fatigue of waiting for colleagues to pronounce all three syllables.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The name peaked in 1959 with about 31,000 births, ranking twelfth nationally.
Field Note 02
Living bearers split across generations, led by Generation X at 33 percent and Boomers at 30 percent.
Field Note 03
Annual births dropped to 1,734 in 2025, but its cumulative volume retains an all-time rank of thirty-six.
Notable Timothys
AI-WrittenTimothy Learypsychologist, b. 1920
Timothy Daltonactor, b. 1946
Timothy Huttonactor, b. 1960
Timothy Olyphantactor, b. 1968
Ephemera — If Timothy were a…
AI-WrittenCity
Rochester, New York
Color
Heather gray
Job
High school earth science teacher
Vehicle
1994 Subaru Legacy wagon
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