Timmy
Timmy is a masculine name. It is often short for Timothy. This variation is popular as a nickname and is commonly used when someone is young, but it is also used in adulthood. It is a version of the Greek name Τιμόθεος (Timόtheos).
- English
Meaning & Origin of Timmy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Timmy is a masculine name. It is often short for Timothy. This variation is popular as a nickname and is commonly used when someone is young, but it is also used in adulthood. It is a version of the Greek name Τιμόθεος (Timόtheos).
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Timmy
American parents first put Timmy on the record books as a baby boy name in 1926, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1960, when 1,572 Timmys were born — ranking #192 that year. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 46% of all recorded Timmys. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #5,169 among baby boy names with 19 births, falling sharply (-23%). In total, more than 26K Timmys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Timmy
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Timmy. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Timmy
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- Timmy Allen (born 2000), American basketball player
- Timmy Chang (born 1981), American college football coach and former quarterback
- Timmy Chipeco (born 1975), Filipino politician
- Timmy Dooley (born 1969), Irish politician
- Timmy Duggan (born 1982), American road racing cyclist
- Timmy Fitzpatrick , Irish hurling goalkeeper of the 1940s
- Timmy Hammersley (born 1987), Irish hurler
- Timmy Hansen (born 1992), Swedish rallycross driver
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Names that sound like Timmy
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About the name Timmy
Timmy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1926 and has accumulated 26K births in the dataset. Timmy's peak popularity came in 1960 when it ranked #188. Use the chart and map above to compare Timmy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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