Timur Boy
How popular is Timur?
#2,604 boy name in 2025
50 baby boys were named Timur in the US in 2025, making it the 2604th most popular boy name.
Timur popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,604 for boys (▼ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 50 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+19% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,808 in 2015, #3,024 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2017 (61 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,185 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Timur counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Tymir family of names ranked #990 for boys in 2025 (#824 the year before), with 200 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tymir | 114 | 57% |
| Timur | 50 | 25% |
| Tymere | 18 | 9% |
| Tymire | 6 | 3% |
| Timir | 6 | 3% |
| Tymirr | 6 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Timur is most popular
Babies named Timur per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Timur by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1970s | 19 | #4,010 |
| 1980s | 50 | #4,126 |
| 1990s | 42 | #5,180 |
| 2000s | 157 | #4,125 |
| 2010s | 419 | #2,185 |
| 2020s | 285 | #2,595 |
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Questions
- Is Timur a boy or girl name?
- Timur is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Timur were boys.
- How popular is the name Timur?
- 50 baby boys were named Timur in the US in 2025, making it the 2604th most popular boy name.
- When was Timur most popular?
- Timur peaked in 2017, when 61 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,185 in 2017.
- How many people are named Timur?
- 977 babies have been named Timur in the US since 1880. We estimate about 965 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Timur most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Timur was most common in Illinois, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.