Tim

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tim: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tim: Recorded since 1957, it reached #135 in 1988, and it stood at #218 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
131times a registrar ranked it
69years from first to last
#135highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#588
1997	#661
1998	#850
1999	#655
2000	#673
2001	#728
2002	#993
2003	#1011
2004	#1347
2005	#1047
2006	#1280
2007	#1079
2008	#1706
2009	#1494
2010	#2199
2011	#1447
2012	#1507
2013	#1617
2014	#1630
2015	#2707
2016	#1627
2017	#2172
2018	#1786
2019	#2104
2020	#2960
2021	#1984
2022	#3048
2023	#2325
2024	#1859

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 67 of the 69 years from 1957 to 2025.

In 2025: #218 among boys in Norway, #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1957–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1957
First recorded at #414 among boys in Norway in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1957–2025
Highest recorded position: #135 among boys in Norway, in 1988 (recorded 1957–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #218 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Tim appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 67 years beginning in 1957, and has registered 1,506 births with the name.

Tim across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tim's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#414 (1957)	#135 (1988)	#218 (2025)	67 of 69	1,506 (1957–2025)	59 (1988)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#324 (1991)	#250 (2000)	#829 (2025)	31 of 35	217 (1991–2025)	14 (2012)
England and Wales · Boys	#588 (1996)	#588 (1996)	#1859 (2024)	29 of 29	450 (1996–2024)	28 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#281 (2002)	#281 (2002)	#392 (2020)	4 of 19	12 (2002–2020)	3 (2002)

Tim by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tim in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	15	3 of 10	5
1960s	70	8 of 10	9
1970s	137	10 of 10	14
1980s	281	10 of 10	28
1990sbusiest	342	10 of 10	34
2000s	311	10 of 10	31
2010s	247	10 of 10	25
2020s	103	6 of 10	17

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 34 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1987 and 1988, when recorded births rose by 30, from 29 to 59.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Tim appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1957 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #135 in Norway in 1988.

Tim's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1079	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1047	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1011	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#993	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#728	24	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#673	27	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#655	26	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#850	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#661	25	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#588	28	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#218	20	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#235	19	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#269	16	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#286	14	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#221	20	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#266	14	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#290	15	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#211	25	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#333	12	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#225	24	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#225	24	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#250	20	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#166	37	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#200	28	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#204	27	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#170	35	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#175	35	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#168	36	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#233	22	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#177	33	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#216	23	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#195	27	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#172	36	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#167	35	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#173	36	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#202	28	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#199	29	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#201	26	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#171	35	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#161	41	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#173	37	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#204	31	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#212	29	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#195	33	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#148	49	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#197	32	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#177	38	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#135	59	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#209	29	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#227	27	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#217	28	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#247	22	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#258	21	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#267	20	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#291	16	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#256	21	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#284	17	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#292	16	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#385	11	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#385	11	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#278	17	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#443	9	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#373	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#375	11	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#348	12	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#234	22	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#250	19	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#372	10	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#511	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#390	9	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#364	9	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#439	7	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#472	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#412	6	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#406	6	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#485	4	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#414	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	13	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#310	14	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#309	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	11	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	9	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	8	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1957 and 2025, ranked in 67 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #135, first reached in 1988.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 59 births, registered in Norway in 1988.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1991, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Tilly-May · #1220, 22y
Tilly-Rose · #1094, 21y
Timas · #564, 12y
Timea · #655, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Edwin · #135, 63y
Syed · #136, 66y
Ailish · #138, 62y
Wojciech · #131, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Edwin · #135, 63y
Gitte · #134, 40y
Irina · #136, 74y
Emine · #132, 55y

Tim was ranked #135 in Norway · Boys in 1988. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tim and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tim without appearing here.

Tim moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #4991.
Keith Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #3688.
Ross Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #3254.

Moved ahead of Tim

Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #1609.
Darragh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1786 and #1991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2104 and #974.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #2018.
Ronny Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1079 and #1201 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1706 and #789.

Moved the opposite way to Tim

Anders Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tim went from #414 to #218 while Anders went from #54 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tim went from #414 to #218 while Arild went from #26 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tim went from #414 to #218 while Arne went from #10 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tim went from #414 to #218 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.

Moved the same way as Tim

Aksel Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tim went from #414 to #218 and Aksel from #221 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tim went from #414 to #218 and Alfred from #214 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tim went from #414 to #218 and Arthur from #180 to #83.
Elias Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tim went from #414 to #218 and Elias from #423 to #4.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1957 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #135 in Norway in 1988. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tim

Tim at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tim across 4 official records

Tim by decade in Norway · Boys

Tim appears in

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Tim at a glance

Tim across 4 official records

Tim by decade in Norway · Boys

Tim appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Tim

Tim and the names beside it

Tim moved ahead of

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