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Why parents love Timber- Timber IS the essential building material of civilization.
- Timber! is the most dramatic shout in any forest.
- Two syllables with a strong, natural sound: TIM-ber.
- The meaning wood/trees is naturally powerful.
- Every ship, home, and bridge was built from timber.
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The vibe of Timber
woodtreesOld Englishbuilding materialforest shoutcivilizationshipbridgenatural
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Origin & history of Timber
Old English timber (wood/building material)
→ Timber
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Modern American roots
Timber comes from the Old English meaning wood. It's the essential building material and the warning shout when a tree falls. Every civilization was built from timber.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: English word as given name.
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Today
Timber remains a beloved choice, ranking #2710 in the US. 2,324 babies have been named Timber since 1970.
◈ Sources: Behind the Name, SSA data
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How popular is Timber?
2015
peak year
Today, Timber is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2710), with only about 113 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2015, 84 babies were given the name (ranked #2257 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Timber's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 2,324 babies have been registered as Timber since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
84
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #2,257)
(ranked #2,257)
113
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
1,130
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
2,324
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Timber4
Life path number
The Builder
Discipline, reliability and masterful building.
Timber's Life Path 4 is the builder's number — civilization-building. People named Timber tend to be strong, natural, and gifted at being the material everything is built from.
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Material everything built from✦
Forest-shout◈
Civilization-essential◎
Natural-powerful♡
Ships-homes-bridgesT2
I9
M4
B2
E5
R9
Sum: 31 → Life path 4
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Personality of Timber🏛️
Steady & reliable
When they make a promise, they keep it.
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Methodical
Thorough, careful, precise.
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Quietly powerful
Their strength is always there when it matters.
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Grounded
No matter what swirls around them, they stay centred.
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