Is Timber a boy or girl name?

Timber is a unisex name. Of the 2,397 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 62.7% were girls and 37.3% were boys. It changed hands in 2021, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Timber

Recorded 1970–2025 · United States

Timber was most popular in 2021, when 132 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,914 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,351, with 73 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,397 people named Timber.

Timber over time

Births per year. The dot marks Timber’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Timber a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Timber is a unisex name — 62.7% of the 2,397 Americans given it were girls and 37.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2021 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 57% girls and 43% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Timber

Where Timber is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org