Tim
Tim is a distinctive choice, ranked #2952 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Tim in their class.
About the Name Tim
Tim is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 1101 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #588 in 1996 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Tim is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Tim in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Tim
- Tim DeKay — Timothy Robert DeKay is an American actor.
- Tim Berners-Lee — Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, HTML, the URL system, and HTTP.
- Tim Walz — Timothy James Walz is an American politician, former educator, and Army National Guard veteran serving since 2019 as the 41st governor of Minnesota.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Tim
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Tim
Almost certainly the only Tim in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
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