Timotheus

Boys' name

Form of Timotheos

Timotheus has been given to 188 babies in the U.S. since 1971. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1980, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Timotheus, 2015

1 in 617,000

Timotheus over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Timotheus: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Timotheos

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Timotheus means

Timotheus is a form of Timotheos.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Timotheus is used in Biblical Latin, German (Rare) and Dutch (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ti.moː.ˈteː.ʏs/ for Timotheus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Timotheos.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 188 boys were recorded with the name Timotheus between 1971 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1980; its best national rank was #3,823 in 1980.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Timotheus?

Timotheus had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015: 1 in 617,000; 6 of 3,701,574 births
Among boys only: 1 in 319,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2015: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 427,624 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Timotheus 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 2015 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 427,624 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Timotheus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Timotheuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Timotheus was born before 1988 — so the typical Timotheus is around 37 today.

Median birth year: 1988; About 37 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 37.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 45.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 188; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 37.8% of all recorded uses (71).

Is Timotheus 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1980 (11)
Years since peak: 45; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 23.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,823; 1980

Spellings of Timotheus

Timotheus is not the most common spelling — Timothey is, with 75.9% against Timotheus's 24.1%.

Timothey75.9%591
Timotheus24.1%188

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.

Timotheus around the world

Where Timotheus 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.

South Australia
1966–1966
#536
in 1966

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Timotheus by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,823; 1980
Peak year: 1980; 11 that year
First recorded: 1971
Last recorded: 2015
All-time count: 188
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Timotheus

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

Timothee Timaeus Achilleus Mattheus Timofey Prometheus Demetreus Timarion Timouthy Zaccheus Thaddaeus Odysseus Timohty Timothey Timathy Astraeus Timberland Timithy Timonthy Timoteo Zacchaeus Timtohy Theseus Andreus

Sibling names for Timotheus

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

For a sister

Charissa Sharonda Shameka Darci Candi Siobhan Starla Shamika

For a brother

Leopoldo Jerod Wilfredo Antwan Ashley Delvin Chauncey Kareem

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