Theodore
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #4 for boys in 2025, 13,355 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 13,355 births
- Debut · boys
- 232 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 80 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 317,206since 1880
Theodore over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | #11,932 | 7 | #4 | 13,355 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | #4 | 12,069 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #7 | 11,093 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #10 | 10,824 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #10 | 9,600 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | #23 | 8,638 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #36 | 7,896 |
| 2018 | — | #44 | 7,088 | |
| 2017 | — | #61 | 5,973 | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #83 | 4,910 |
| 2015 | — | #99 | 4,155 | |
| 2014 | — | #126 | 3,228 | |
| 2013 | — | #167 | 2,429 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #194 | 1,945 |
| 2011 | — | #230 | 1,573 | |
| 2010 | — | #257 | 1,333 | |
| 2009 | — | #276 | 1,239 | |
| 2008 | — | #293 | 1,139 | |
| 2007 | — | #300 | 1,137 | |
| 2006 | — | #295 | 1,133 | |
| 2005 | — | #299 | 1,095 | |
| 2004 | — | #313 | 1,005 | |
| 2003 | — | #309 | 964 | |
| 2002 | — | #300 | 975 | |
| 2001 | — | #306 | 935 | |
| 2000 | — | #312 | 934 | |
| 1999 | — | #314 | 913 | |
| 1998 | — | #289 | 984 | |
| 1997 | — | #291 | 956 | |
| 1996 | — | #294 | 905 | |
| 1995 | — | #284 | 956 | |
| 1994 | — | #291 | 941 | |
| 1993 | — | #277 | 1,036 | |
| 1992 | — | #259 | 1,093 | |
| 1991 | — | #251 | 1,098 | |
| 1990 | — | #233 | 1,231 | |
| 1989 | — | #216 | 1,293 | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #211 | 1,239 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #206 | 1,218 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | #200 | 1,256 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #200 | 1,211 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #213 | 1,069 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #206 | 1,156 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #207 | 1,189 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #218 | 1,133 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #206 | 1,194 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #198 | 1,238 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | #195 | 1,212 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #194 | 1,223 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #189 | 1,174 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #189 | 1,197 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 | #180 | 1,269 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #175 | 1,342 |
| 1972 | — | #175 | 1,419 | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #166 | 1,664 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #160 | 1,829 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #153 | 1,945 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #149 | 1,887 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | #149 | 1,854 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #149 | 1,905 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #143 | 2,140 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #152 | 2,169 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #142 | 2,387 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #146 | 2,316 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | #151 | 2,303 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #149 | 2,382 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #146 | 2,399 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | #140 | 2,503 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #132 | 2,760 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #119 | 2,955 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #120 | 2,976 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | #115 | 3,074 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #112 | 2,937 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #100 | 3,270 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #99 | 3,216 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #99 | 2,960 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #100 | 3,041 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #104 | 2,830 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #102 | 2,928 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #101 | 2,612 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #101 | 2,347 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #96 | 2,574 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #96 | 2,616 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #91 | 2,665 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #95 | 2,330 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #90 | 2,306 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | #90 | 2,196 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #84 | 2,360 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #86 | 2,317 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #87 | 2,219 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #79 | 2,433 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 | #74 | 2,523 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | #68 | 2,611 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 | #67 | 2,674 |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 | #70 | 2,666 |
| 1930 | #1,815 | 20 | #67 | 2,958 |
| 1929 | #1,393 | 30 | #65 | 2,903 |
| 1928 | #1,637 | 25 | #66 | 2,916 |
| 1927 | #1,728 | 24 | #62 | 3,124 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 | #63 | 3,129 |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | #63 | 3,226 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | #65 | 3,225 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | #62 | 3,157 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #62 | 3,216 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #65 | 3,172 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | #63 | 3,219 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | #54 | 3,424 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | #64 | 3,143 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #63 | 2,809 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #65 | 2,641 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #64 | 2,504 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #64 | 1,929 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #60 | 1,650 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #52 | 1,561 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | #56 | 753 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | #53 | 692 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #51 | 595 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #47 | 643 |
| 1907 | — | #38 | 712 | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #38 | 688 |
| 1905 | — | #33 | 834 | |
| 1904 | — | #30 | 834 | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | #36 | 663 |
| 1902 | — | #34 | 642 | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #43 | 450 |
| 1900 | — | #61 | 429 | |
| 1899 | — | #78 | 252 | |
| 1898 | — | #75 | 281 | |
| 1897 | — | #85 | 215 | |
| 1896 | — | #82 | 241 | |
| 1895 | — | #93 | 208 | |
| 1894 | — | #81 | 241 | |
| 1893 | — | #90 | 209 | |
| 1892 | — | #82 | 239 | |
| 1891 | — | #76 | 224 | |
| 1890 | — | #89 | 190 | |
| 1889 | — | #75 | 231 | |
| 1888 | — | #80 | 249 | |
| 1887 | — | #82 | 201 | |
| 1886 | — | #69 | 258 | |
| 1885 | — | #83 | 199 | |
| 1884 | — | #81 | 211 | |
| 1883 | — | #81 | 185 | |
| 1882 | — | #75 | 232 | |
| 1881 | — | #78 | 178 | |
| 1880 | — | #70 | 232 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Theodore was already there! It came in at #70, and was given to 232 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1897, when fewer than 260 boys a year got the name.
Where Theodore is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Jersey#97 · 1 in 617
- District of Columbia#98 · 1 in 463
- Montana#108 · 1 in 468
- Connecticut#114 · 1 in 797
- Nebraska#119 · 1 in 693
Best ever in a state: #1 in New Hampshire, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #97 | 70 | 1 in 617 |
| District of Columbia | #98 | 18 | 1 in 463 |
| Montana | #108 | 10 | 1 in 468 |
| Connecticut | #114 | 21 | 1 in 797 |
| Michigan | #119 | 86 | 1 in 764 |
| Nebraska | #119 | 15 | 1 in 693 |
| New Hampshire | #120 | 6 | 1 in 813 |
| Pennsylvania | #122 | 86 | 1 in 861 |
| Ohio | #123 | 88 | 1 in 876 |
| Wisconsin | #123 | 34 | 1 in 865 |
| South Dakota | #128 | 6 | 1 in 733 |
| Colorado | #129 | 26 | 1 in 695 |
| Illinois | #131 | 100 | 1 in 780 |
| Massachusetts | #133 | 29 | 1 in 1,216 |
| Oregon | #133 | 17 | 1 in 842 |
| Maryland | #136 | 27 | 1 in 797 |
| New York | #136 | 135 | 1 in 847 |
| Minnesota | #138 | 23 | 1 in 1,112 |
| North Dakota | #145 | 5 | 1 in 889 |
| Washington | #146 | 21 | 1 in 1,022 |
| West Virginia | #153 | 11 | 1 in 1,186 |
| Missouri | #168 | 30 | 1 in 1,100 |
| New Mexico | #170 | 11 | 1 in 800 |
| Virginia | #173 | 28 | 1 in 1,128 |
| Iowa | #176 | 12 | 1 in 1,514 |
| South Carolina | #177 | 22 | 1 in 969 |
| California | #185 | 136 | 1 in 1,061 |
| Idaho | #193 | 5 | 1 in 1,188 |
| Kentucky | #211 | 15 | 1 in 1,718 |
| Florida | #220 | 33 | 1 in 1,500 |
| North Carolina | #220 | 27 | 1 in 1,459 |
| Kansas | #223 | 9 | 1 in 1,535 |
| Indiana | #224 | 20 | 1 in 1,986 |
| Utah | #232 | 7 | 1 in 1,820 |
| Hawaii | #239 | 5 | 1 in 1,172 |
| Arizona | #246 | 12 | 1 in 1,434 |
| Oklahoma | #253 | 9 | 1 in 2,017 |
| Georgia | #266 | 19 | 1 in 2,059 |
| Alabama | #275 | 13 | 1 in 2,046 |
| Tennessee | #276 | 12 | 1 in 2,609 |
| Louisiana | #320 | 14 | 1 in 2,124 |
| Mississippi | #358 | 6 | 1 in 3,161 |
| Texas | #359 | 39 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Theodore
- Held #4 since 2024
- 19 spots since 2020 (#23 → #4)
- 95 spots since 2015 (#99 → #4)
- Biggest jump: 41 spots in 2014 (#167 → #126)
- Biggest drop: 25 spots in 1999 (#289 → #314)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #4 (13,355 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: 5 yrs · run 2021–2025
- Top 100: 80 yrs · run 1880–1944
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 128 boys born in 2025 were named Theodore (0.78%)
- 20.7% of all boys named Theodore (65,579) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #30 (1904) → #314 (1999) → #4 (2025)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,176 | #69 (1886) | #77 |
| 1890s | 2,300 | #75 (1898) | #83 |
| 1900s | 6,490 | #30 (1904) | #41 |
| 1910s | 21,106 | #52 (1912) | #60 |
| 1920s | 31,287 | #62 (1922) | #64 |
| 1930s | 24,957 | #67 (1930) | #77 |
| 1940s | 26,249 | #90 (1940) | #98 |
| 1950s | 29,050 | #99 (1951) | #118 |
| 1960s | 21,288 | #142 (1963) | #148 |
| 1970s | 13,567 | #160 (1970) | #182 |
| 1980s | 11,958 | #200 (1986) | #208 |
| 1990s | 10,113 | #233 (1990) | #278 |
| 2000s | 10,556 | #276 (2009) | #300 |
| 2010s | 40,530 | #36 (2019) | #130 |
| 2020s | 65,579 | #4 (2025) | #10 |
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.
Theodore in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 182,276 of them was named Theodore, which outranked 38.0% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,580Zona9
- #5,580Zora9
- #5,580Zorana9
- #6,080Theodore8
- #6,080Abril8
- #6,080Adine8
- #6,080Adrienna8
- #6,666Aaryn7
- #6,666Adonna7
- #6,666Afiya7
Tied with 585 names at #6,080; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 1,161 of them was named Theodore, which outranked 97.0% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.