Theodor
#1,992 for boys in 2025, 76 births
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,216since 1884
Theodor over time
Rank among boys' names. Theodor 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 | #1,992 | 76 |
| 2024 | #2,098 | 71 |
| 2023 | #1,851 | 86 |
| 2022 | #1,826 | 88 |
| 2021 | #2,079 | 70 |
| 2020 | #1,872 | 79 |
| 2019 | #1,805 | 85 |
| 2018 | #2,147 | 65 |
| 2017 | #2,388 | 54 |
| 2016 | #2,184 | 62 |
| 2015 | #2,386 | 54 |
| 2014 | #2,317 | 56 |
| 2013 | #2,623 | 45 |
| 2012 | #4,686 | 20 |
| 2011 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2010 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2009 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #5,303 | 16 |
| 2005 | #4,062 | 22 |
| 2004 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #1,846 | 18 |
| 1925 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
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| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
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| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Theodor! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Theodor is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#1,322 · 1 in 12,386
- New York#1,560 · 1 in 16,259
- California#2,037 · 1 in 30,815
Best ever in a state: #655 in Minnesota, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #1,322 | 5 | 1 in 12,386 |
| New York | #1,560 | 6 | 1 in 16,259 |
| California | #2,037 | 7 | 1 in 30,815 |
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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 Theodor
- 106 spots since 2024 (#2,098 → #1,992)
- 120 spots since 2020 (#1,872 → #1,992)
- 394 spots since 2015 (#2,386 → #1,992)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1887 at #921 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1884–1892
- Highest: 1 in 19,841 boys born in 2022 were named Theodor (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #921 in 1887, was only 1 in 20,282 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.2% of all boys named Theodor (492) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #921 (1887) | #946 |
| 1890s | 6 | #956 (1892) | #956 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 110 | #1,479 (1917) | #1,815 |
| 1920s | 139 | #1,796 (1927) | #2,266 |
| 1930s | 120 | #1,584 (1932) | #2,187 |
| 1940s | 113 | #1,692 (1946) | #2,319 |
| 1950s | 139 | #1,722 (1956) | #2,169 |
| 1960s | 124 | #1,957 (1963) | #2,438 |
| 1970s | 79 | #2,739 (1970) | #3,418 |
| 1980s | 98 | #3,339 (1987) | #3,994 |
| 1990s | 127 | #3,708 (1998) | #4,852 |
| 2000s | 189 | #3,554 (2002) | #4,593 |
| 2010s | 492 | #1,805 (2019) | #2,842 |
| 2020s | 470 | #1,826 (2022) | #1,953 |
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.
Theodor in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 34,277 of them was named Theodor, which outranked 83.3% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,345Wali55
- #2,345Willard55
- #2,345Xavian55
- #2,388Theodor54
- #2,388Adonai54
- #2,388Advaith54
- #2,388Allister54
- #2,417Aariz53
- #2,417Acen53
- #2,417Aiven53
Tied with 28 names at #2,388; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.