Tim vs Timeka
American parents have registered 83,546 Tims since 1880, against 1,000 Timekas. Tim is still ahead, with 37 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Tim Timeka
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
Tim has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1880 to 2025. The lead has never changed hands.
The closest they came was 1982, when Tim had 139 and Timeka had 60.
Side by side
| Tim | Timeka | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 83,546 | 1,000 |
| Most in one year | 6,944 | 74 |
| Babies in 2025 | 37 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 62,000 | 960 |
| Median age today | 63 | 45 |
| Peak year | 1960 | 1978 |
| Best rank | 60th boys | 1,511th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 3,181st | unranked |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1968 |
| Girls / boys | 188 / 83,358 | 1,000 / 0 |
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 Tims alive today are over 63; half the Timekas are over 45. That is 18 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Tim Montana (2.4×), Iowa (2.4×), South Dakota (2.3×)
- Timeka North Carolina (4.0×), Illinois (3.8×), Michigan (2.7×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Tim and Timeka.