Thielen vs Thimothy
American parents have registered 756 Thimothys since 1880, against 119 Thielens. But in 2025 it was Thielen that was commoner, 7 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Thielen Thimothy
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 49 years in which either name was published, Thimothy for 41 years and Thielen for 8 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Thielen | Thimothy | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 119 | 756 |
| Most in one year | 34 | 39 |
| Babies in 2025 | 7 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 120 | 640 |
| Median age today | 5 | 57 |
| Peak year | 2019 | 1967 |
| Best rank | 3,347th boys | 1,198th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 9,714th | unranked |
| First recorded | 2018 | 1948 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 119 | 0 / 756 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Thimothys alive today are over 57; half the Thielens are over 5. That is 52 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Thielen and Thimothy.