Tymir
Masculine
Tymir joins the Ty- front to a -mir ending — both American naming parts, though -mir is also a genuine Slavic element meaning peace or world.
How old is the name Tymir?
Tymir first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Tymir is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,700 people named Tymir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tymir most popular?
Tymir peaked in 2024, reaching #1172 nationally. Today it ranks #1520, 348 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tymir
Our story of Tymir is a story of an ending that already meant something. American families building names from the 1990s had Ty- in wide circulation — Tyler, Tyrese, Tyshawn — and a set of backs to attach it to. One of them, -mir, happens to be a real Slavic element: the peace or world that closes Vladimir and Casimir. Nobody was borrowing it; the sound simply arrived from a different direction and landed in the same place. Tymir appears in the American registers in the 2000s. Two traditions built the same syllable independently, which happens more often than it sounds.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established etymology as an American name. The Ty- prefix is productive in American naming from the 1980s. The -mir ending coincides with the Slavic mir, 'peace' or 'world', which ends Vladimir and Casimir, but no route from those names to this one is documented. It is best read as a modern coinage.
Pronouncing Tymir
ty-MEER
Two syllables, stress on the second. Some bearers say TY-mur with the stress at the front.
Nicknames for Tymir
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1991
- Most boys named
- 2024177 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1172reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −35.6%114 in 2025, from 177
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tymir in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Tymeer in English — spelling variant
- Tyrek in English — related form
- Tihomir in Slavic — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: South Carolina, Florida, North Carolina.
Tymirs among us
people named Tymir are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 14,983 born in 2025 was named Tymir
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Tymir
- #1520
- Tymir on the 2025 chart
- #802
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Tymir went to 114 boys in 2025, but Timir and Tymirr are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 126, which makes it the 802nd most-given boys’ name of the year — 718 places above the chart.
- Tymir114
- Timir6
- Tymirr6
About 1 boy in 13,556 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 14,983 for Tymir itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Quinlan test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Tymir's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Quinlan climbed just as high around 2006, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Quinlan's path sketches the road Tymir is walking now.
Tymir is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Tymir is headed
Tymir looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 57% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Tymir beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Tymir in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ty is available as a short form with a substantial American record.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- It belongs to a real and well-documented period of American name-building.
- There is no inherited meaning, and the Slavic resemblance is coincidence.
- The stress placement splits between two readings.
- It is very new and will need spelling out.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tymirs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Tymir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Tymir?
- Tymir is the most-used spelling in US records — 114 of the 126 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Timir and Tymirr.
- How popular is the name Tymir in 2025?
- Tymir ranks #1520 among US boy names in 2025, with 114 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Tymir?
- About 1 in every 14,983 US boys born in 2025 was named Tymir — 114 in all.
- Will my child share the name Tymir with classmates?
- Tymir will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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