Timber
Timber was the 3769th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 40 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 2258th with 84 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,511 places. More babies were named Timber in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,769 girls, down 634 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 40girls
- Girls and boys
- 57% girls, 43% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201584 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,397babies recorded
Timber popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,769 | #3,503 | 40 | 33 |
| 2020 | #3,135 | #2,345 | 51 | 58 |
| 2010 | #7,194 | #3,984 | 18 | 26 |
| 2000 | #3,518 | #5,879 | 38 | 12 |
| 1990 | #4,372 | — | 23 | — |
| 1980 | #12,033 | — | 5 | — |
| 1970 | #9,244 | — | 5 | — |
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How popular is Timber, counting every spelling?
Timber is the most common spelling of a name family that had 57 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 57 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timber | 40 | #3,769 | 286 |
| Tymber | 17 | #6,809 | 98 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Timber?
40 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Timber (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Timber born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 210 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Timber.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Timber?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Timber are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 7 and 26. That makes Timber a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Timber by state
How common Timber was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (10.0×). In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Timber: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Timber, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Timber
How popular is the name Timber?
Timber was the 3769th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 40 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 2258th with 84 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,511 places. More babies were named Timber in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Timber a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 57% girls, 43% boys given the name Timber in the US.
Where is Timber most popular?
In 2021–2025, Timber was most common in Oklahoma (0.35 per 1,000 girls), followed by Missouri and Arkansas.