Meaning and history
Timur is a name of Turkic and Mongol origin, derived from Temür, meaning “iron,” and it was borne by several Mongol, Turkic, and Yuan rulers. The best-known bearer was Timur, also called Tamerlane, from Persian تیمور لنگ (Tīmūr e Lang), meaning “Timur the lame,” a 14th-century Turkic leader who conquered much of western Asia.
20062006: 18 births, rank #4,865
2007: 24 births, rank #4,127
2008: 21 births, rank #4,540
2009: 18 births, rank #5,102
2010: 33 births, rank #3,308
20112011: 34 births, rank #3,235
2012: 44 births, rank #2,716
2013: 39 births, rank #2,895
2014: 26 births, rank #3,891
2015: 42 births, rank #2,809
20162016: 51 births, rank #2,477
2017: 61 births, rank #2,186
2018: 50 births, rank #2,546
2019: 39 births, rank #3,052
2020: 38 births, rank #3,025
20212021: 48 births, rank #2,652
2022: 49 births, rank #2,675
2023: 49 births, rank #2,660
2024: 51 births, rank #2,595
20252025: 50 births, rank #2,604
In 2025, 50 babies were recorded with the name Timur, ranking #2,604 among boys.