Ted

Where Ted comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ted.

Ted through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #505 among boys, with 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1935
    Peak, #144
    1,085 babies named Ted, its best rank.
  3. 1938
    Ted Turner born
    American media mogul
  4. 1947
    Ted Danson born
    American actor
  5. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #353.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Ted Turner · American media mogul, 1938–2026
  • Ted Danson · American actor, born 1947
  • Ted Ligety · American alpine skier, born 1984
  • Ted DiBiase Jr. · American professional wrestler and actor, born 1982
  • Ted Nelson · American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist, born 1937

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.