Teddy
#2,957 for girls in 2025, 56 births · #819 for boys in 2025, 301 births
Given to boys 95.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1933 · 476 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 33,627since 1890
Teddy over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,957 | 56 | #819 | 301 |
| 2024 | #3,459 | 45 | #891 | 265 |
| 2023 | #2,757 | 62 | #992 | 222 |
| 2022 | #3,536 | 44 | #1,042 | 212 |
| 2021 | #3,883 | 38 | #1,168 | 169 |
| 2020 | #4,757 | 27 | #1,325 | 135 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 | #1,441 | 121 |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | #1,638 | 99 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #1,630 | 97 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #1,799 | 84 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #1,703 | 91 |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | #1,979 | 72 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #2,065 | 65 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #2,132 | 63 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | #1,988 | 69 |
| 2010 | — | #1,986 | 69 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,839 | 80 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,948 | 73 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #1,928 | 73 |
| 2006 | — | #1,769 | 78 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,725 | 77 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #1,815 | 68 |
| 2003 | — | #1,591 | 79 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #1,596 | 76 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #1,441 | 86 |
| 2000 | — | #1,401 | 89 | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #1,277 | 96 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #1,301 | 91 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #1,089 | 116 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #977 | 129 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #1,187 | 95 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #1,013 | 120 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #983 | 121 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #952 | 127 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #845 | 151 |
| 1990 | — | #790 | 165 | |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #778 | 163 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #671 | 199 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #672 | 185 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #653 | 187 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #723 | 149 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #685 | 160 |
| 1983 | — | #613 | 195 | |
| 1982 | — | #579 | 220 | |
| 1981 | — | #541 | 241 | |
| 1980 | — | #539 | 251 | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #485 | 291 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #527 | 244 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #476 | 287 |
| 1976 | — | #461 | 289 | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #480 | 277 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #485 | 270 |
| 1973 | — | #479 | 269 | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #435 | 333 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #415 | 372 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #421 | 377 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #368 | 448 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #357 | 470 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #352 | 451 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #334 | 512 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #329 | 524 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #332 | 556 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #336 | 548 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #330 | 571 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #318 | 609 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | #321 | 591 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #324 | 574 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | #324 | 565 |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 | #322 | 568 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #313 | 562 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 | #337 | 486 |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 | #331 | 477 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | #310 | 533 |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | #306 | 540 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 | #289 | 562 |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 | #289 | 549 |
| 1949 | #1,967 | 24 | #264 | 613 |
| 1948 | #1,648 | 32 | #296 | 538 |
| 1947 | #1,602 | 35 | #307 | 509 |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 | #272 | 553 |
| 1945 | #1,175 | 45 | #276 | 472 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 | #265 | 505 |
| 1943 | #1,048 | 58 | #269 | 504 |
| 1942 | #1,325 | 37 | #260 | 516 |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 | #253 | 484 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 | #263 | 451 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 | #265 | 421 |
| 1938 | #1,268 | 33 | #256 | 449 |
| 1937 | #1,416 | 27 | #258 | 434 |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 | #259 | 431 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | #266 | 414 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 | #253 | 457 |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 | #239 | 476 |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 | #251 | 462 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 | #264 | 424 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #278 | 417 |
| 1929 | #1,598 | 24 | #286 | 378 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | #286 | 388 |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 | #324 | 313 |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 | #324 | 311 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | #366 | 262 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | #341 | 292 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | #355 | 277 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #391 | 233 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #363 | 275 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #387 | 238 |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | #374 | 239 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #362 | 260 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #419 | 181 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #475 | 146 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #485 | 132 |
| 1914 | — | #555 | 80 | |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #777 | 37 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #539 | 55 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #689 | 21 |
| 1910 | — | #598 | 23 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | — | #540 | 20 | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | #568 | 17 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #491 | 21 |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #595 | 14 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #623 | 16 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
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| 1894 | — | — | ||
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| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Teddy! It came in at #884, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1896, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Teddy is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Rhode Island#125 · 1 in 958
- Massachusetts#137 · 1 in 1,253
- Connecticut#146 · 1 in 1,309
- New Jersey#167 · 1 in 1,831
- Illinois#176 · 1 in 1,365
Best ever in a state: #99 in West Virginia, 1937.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #125 | 5 | 1 in 958 |
| Massachusetts | #137 | 26 | 1 in 1,253 |
| Connecticut | #146 | 10 | 1 in 1,309 |
| New Jersey | #167 | 15 | 1 in 1,831 |
| Illinois | #176 | 40 | 1 in 1,365 |
| Michigan | #195 | 21 | 1 in 1,561 |
| West Virginia | #221 | 9 | 1 in 1,558 |
| New York | #227 | 35 | 1 in 2,565 |
| Missouri | #263 | 12 | 1 in 2,230 |
| Pennsylvania | #318 | 16 | 1 in 5,400 |
| Wisconsin | #339 | 5 | 1 in 4,443 |
| Indiana | #340 | 5 | 1 in 4,677 |
| Arkansas | #352 | 6 | 1 in 2,703 |
| Ohio | #369 | 8 | 1 in 5,999 |
| Kentucky | #450 | 5 | 1 in 4,612 |
| North Carolina | #503 | 5 | 1 in 5,861 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Teddy
- 72 spots since 2024 (#891 → #819)
- 506 spots since 2020 (#1,325 → #819)
- 884 spots since 2015 (#1,703 → #819)
- Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1914 (#777 → #555)
- Biggest drop: 269 spots in 1898 (#852 → #1,121)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1933 at #239 (476 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 49 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1900–1993
- Highest: 1 in 2,083 boys born in 1933 were named Teddy (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,675 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 16.1% of all boys named Teddy (5,416) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 18 | #852 (1897) | #952 |
| 1900s | 159 | #491 (1905) | #601 |
| 1910s | 1,174 | #362 (1918) | #527 |
| 1920s | 2,967 | #286 (1928) | #342 |
| 1930s | 4,385 | #239 (1933) | #259 |
| 1940s | 5,145 | #253 (1941) | #273 |
| 1950s | 5,416 | #289 (1951) | #315 |
| 1960s | 5,280 | #318 (1961) | #338 |
| 1970s | 3,009 | #415 (1971) | #466 |
| 1980s | 1,950 | #539 (1980) | #645 |
| 1990s | 1,211 | #790 (1990) | #1,041 |
| 2000s | 779 | #1,401 (2000) | #1,705 |
| 2010s | 830 | #1,441 (2019) | #1,836 |
| 2020s | 1,304 | #819 (2025) | #1,040 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Teddy in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 105,239 of them was named Teddy, which outranked 49.5% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,674Zera12
- #2,674Zofia12
- #2,674Zoila12
- #2,822Teddy11
- #2,822Ader11
- #2,822Adine11
- #2,822Adra11
- #3,024Adalene10
- #3,024Adina10
- #3,024Adria10
Tied with 201 names at #2,822; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 3,898 of them was named Teddy, which outranked 92.5% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.