Theodis
Last seen for boys in 2021 at #8,825
- Peak · boys
- 1952 · 59 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,244since 1911
Theodis over time
Rank among boys' names. Theodis has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #1,670 | 34 |
| 1978 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #2,063 | 23 |
| 1976 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #1,361 | 41 |
| 1974 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #1,658 | 27 |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 23 |
| 1968 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1967 | #1,312 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1965 | #1,233 | 38 |
| 1964 | #1,510 | 27 |
| 1963 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | #1,367 | 33 |
| 1961 | #1,439 | 31 |
| 1960 | #1,229 | 41 |
| 1959 | #1,280 | 37 |
| 1958 | #1,081 | 50 |
| 1957 | #1,457 | 29 |
| 1956 | #1,140 | 44 |
| 1955 | #957 | 61 |
| 1954 | #1,227 | 37 |
| 1953 | #1,091 | 45 |
| 1952 | #927 | 59 |
| 1951 | #1,171 | 38 |
| 1950 | #989 | 49 |
| 1949 | #1,013 | 47 |
| 1948 | #1,001 | 49 |
| 1947 | #1,036 | 48 |
| 1946 | #1,124 | 38 |
| 1945 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1944 | #1,038 | 40 |
| 1943 | #1,280 | 29 |
| 1942 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1941 | #1,276 | 27 |
| 1940 | #1,031 | 39 |
| 1939 | #1,085 | 35 |
| 1938 | #1,199 | 30 |
| 1937 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1935 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,007 | 41 |
| 1933 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1932 | #1,356 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1928 | #1,413 | 27 |
| 1927 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #1,695 | 20 |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Theodis! It came in at #1,537, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1913, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Theodis is popular in 1954
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#273 · 1 in 2,621
- Georgia#406 · 1 in 6,066
- Alabama#433 · 1 in 6,466
Best ever in a state: #191 in Arkansas, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #273 | 8 | 1 in 2,621 |
| Georgia | #406 | 8 | 1 in 6,066 |
| Alabama | #433 | 6 | 1 in 6,466 |
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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 Theodis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 270 spots in 1955 (#1,227 → #957)
- Biggest drop: 183 spots in 1956 (#957 → #1,140)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1952 at #927 (59 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1950–1955
- Highest: 1 in 25,185 boys born in 1934 were named Theodis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 218,685 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #927 in 1952, was only 1 in 32,943 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.0% of all boys named Theodis (449) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 64 | #1,537 (1911) | #2,302 |
| 1920s | 184 | #1,413 (1928) | #1,900 |
| 1930s | 284 | #1,007 (1934) | #1,293 |
| 1940s | 394 | #1,001 (1948) | #1,093 |
| 1950s | 449 | #927 (1952) | #1,132 |
| 1960s | 294 | #1,229 (1960) | #1,480 |
| 1970s | 237 | #1,361 (1975) | #2,045 |
| 1980s | 165 | #2,159 (1984) | #3,217 |
| 1990s | 97 | #3,309 (1990) | #5,507 |
| 2000s | 40 | #6,715 (2003) | #8,404 |
| 2010s | 28 | #8,789 (2013) | #11,529 |
| 2020s | 8 | #8,825 (2021) | #8,825 |
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.
Theodis in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
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2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 55,101 of them was named Theodis, which outranked 71.9% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,213Tedd38
- #1,213Willian38
- #1,213Winfield38
- #1,227Theodis37
- #1,227Antoine37
- #1,227Chet37
- #1,227Daryle37
- #1,242Adan36
- #1,242Betty36
- #1,242Candelario36
Tied with 14 names at #1,227; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.