Timur comes from the Chechen / Kazakh / Russian / Tatar / Turkish / Uzbek tradition, meaning "Strong" or "Iron.".
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How popular is Timur?
2017peak year
The name Timur reached its peak in 2017, with 61 registrations (ranked #2214). It first surfaced in U.S. records in 1969, roughly 48 years before its peak. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #2703) today, averaging about 48 new babies per year. Timur's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 927 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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