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Timon

#13,695 in 2025Boys' name

To honour, to esteem

Timon has been given to 487 babies in the U.S. since 1947. In 2025 it ranked #13,695 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1995, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Timon, 2025

1 in 663,000

Timon over time, 1880–2025

Boys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Timon: meaning, origin, and history

To honour, to esteem

Ancient Greek

What Timon means

Timon means “to honour, to esteem”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Timon is used in Ancient Greek, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin and Dutch.

Another recorded pronunciation is /tǐː.mɔːn/, /ˈtaɪ.mən/ and /ˈti.mɔn/ for Timon.

Origin, language, and formation

Timon is used in English and German. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Timon comes through Ancient Greek Τῑ́μων and Ancient Greek Τίμων.

Timon is a modern formation.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Timon is pronounced /ˈtaɪmən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 487 boys were recorded with the name Timon between 1947 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1995; its best national rank was #3,378 in 1985.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,877 in 2020 to #13,695 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Timon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,695
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Timon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Timon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Timons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Timon was born before 1996 — so the typical Timon is around 29 today.

Median birth year
1996
About 29 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
24.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
36.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
481
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 24.2% of all recorded uses (118).

Is Timon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−3,926
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,818
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
26.3%
Peak was 1995 (19)
Years since peak
30
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
41.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,378
1985

Spellings of Timon

Timon is not the most common spelling — Tim is, with 15.0% against Timon's 0.09%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Timon around the world

Where Timon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2020
    #3,334
    in 2020
  • France
    1969–2025
    #6,325
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1984–1999
    #539
    in 1999

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Timon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,695
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,818
Best rank ever
#3,378
1985
Peak year
1995
19 that year
First recorded
1947
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
487
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Timon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

TimurSymonTimoTimberKemonTimofeyKamonDemonAhmonJermonEmonTimmTimirAemonDaimonTimotheeDezmonTymonTimoteoTimmonElmonErmonRomonUsmon

Sibling names for Timon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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