Tim
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name borrowed from English.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Tim (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Tim has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2005. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 257 |
| 1999 | 273 |
| 2000 | 284 |
| 2001 | 276 |
| 2002 | 280 |
| 2003 | 303 |
| 2004 | 313 |
| 2005 | 317 |
| 2006 | 299 |
| 2007 | 254 |
| 2008 | 223 |
| 2009 | 214 |
| 2010 | 221 |
| 2011 | 162 |
| 2012 | 144 |
| 2013 | 142 |
| 2014 | 119 |
| 2015 | 99 |
| 2016 | 86 |
| 2017 | 79 |
| 2018 | 88 |
| 2019 | 92 |
| 2020 | 76 |
| 2021 | 66 |
| 2022 | 66 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 11 | 4,429 |
| 2000 | 11 | 4,710 |
| 2001 | 10 | 4,988 |
| 2002 | 11 | 5,265 |
| 2003 | 11 | 5,566 |
| 2004 | 10 | 5,872 |
| 2005 | 10 | 6,199 |
| 2006 | 11 | 6,506 |
| 2007 | 11 | 6,777 |
| 2008 | 11 | 7,017 |
| 2009 | 13 | 7,245 |
| 2010 | 13 | 7,463 |
| 2011 | 17 | 7,627 |
| 2012 | 18 | 7,776 |
| 2013 | 19 | 7,915 |
| 2014 | 20 | 8,054 |
| 2015 | 21 | 8,151 |
| 2016 | 22 | 8,245 |
| 2017 | 20 | 8,330 |
| 2018 | 21 | 8,426 |
| 2019 | 28 | 8,496 |
| 2020 | 28 | 8,579 |
Tim in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Tim.Hi! My name is Tim.
- Tim bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Tim lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Tim har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Tim has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Tims mamma är lärare.Tim's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Tims mamma is Tim's mum.
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Questions about Tim
How do you pronounce Tim in Swedish?
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What does the name Tim mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name borrowed from English.
How popular is Tim in Sweden?
66 babies were named Tim in 2022. In 2020, 8,607 people in Sweden had Tim as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2005 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.