Theron
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #12,464 · #2,451 for boys in 2025, 55 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1910 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,960since 1880
Theron over time
Rank among boys' names. Theron has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | — | #2,451 | 55 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,835 | 45 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,952 | 42 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,717 | 48 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,410 | 56 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,046 | 69 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,129 | 67 | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #1,920 | 77 |
| 2017 | — | #1,735 | 89 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,845 | 81 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,599 | 100 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,588 | 99 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,709 | 86 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #1,562 | 101 |
| 2011 | — | #1,703 | 87 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,626 | 96 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,626 | 97 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,620 | 96 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,509 | 105 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,249 | 134 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,334 | 113 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #1,316 | 112 |
| 2003 | — | #1,381 | 97 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,315 | 101 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #1,327 | 98 |
| 2000 | — | #1,235 | 108 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,329 | 90 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,216 | 101 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,251 | 92 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,174 | 99 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,102 | 106 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,048 | 113 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,118 | 101 | |
| 1992 | — | #987 | 119 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,088 | 100 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,013 | 109 | |
| 1989 | — | #947 | 116 | |
| 1988 | — | #890 | 115 | |
| 1987 | — | #908 | 107 | |
| 1986 | — | #901 | 102 | |
| 1985 | — | #939 | 94 | |
| 1984 | — | #891 | 96 | |
| 1983 | — | #786 | 123 | |
| 1982 | — | #891 | 101 | |
| 1981 | — | #833 | 111 | |
| 1980 | — | #808 | 118 | |
| 1979 | — | #747 | 134 | |
| 1978 | — | #741 | 130 | |
| 1977 | — | #699 | 148 | |
| 1976 | — | #742 | 126 | |
| 1975 | — | #678 | 147 | |
| 1974 | — | #637 | 160 | |
| 1973 | — | #603 | 172 | |
| 1972 | — | #625 | 158 | |
| 1971 | — | #668 | 153 | |
| 1970 | — | #664 | 152 | |
| 1969 | — | #623 | 159 | |
| 1968 | — | #595 | 162 | |
| 1967 | — | #592 | 163 | |
| 1966 | — | #566 | 180 | |
| 1965 | — | #753 | 96 | |
| 1964 | — | #662 | 137 | |
| 1963 | — | #692 | 125 | |
| 1962 | — | #638 | 147 | |
| 1961 | — | #656 | 143 | |
| 1960 | — | #601 | 171 | |
| 1959 | — | #817 | 87 | |
| 1958 | — | #747 | 97 | |
| 1957 | — | #714 | 109 | |
| 1956 | — | #796 | 87 | |
| 1955 | — | #836 | 77 | |
| 1954 | — | #754 | 89 | |
| 1953 | — | #714 | 100 | |
| 1952 | — | #751 | 88 | |
| 1951 | — | #726 | 91 | |
| 1950 | — | #695 | 97 | |
| 1949 | — | #671 | 104 | |
| 1948 | — | #681 | 97 | |
| 1947 | — | #682 | 103 | |
| 1946 | — | #619 | 108 | |
| 1945 | — | #567 | 113 | |
| 1944 | — | #604 | 103 | |
| 1943 | — | #594 | 113 | |
| 1942 | — | #558 | 121 | |
| 1941 | — | #553 | 117 | |
| 1940 | — | #622 | 91 | |
| 1939 | — | #544 | 111 | |
| 1938 | — | #609 | 95 | |
| 1937 | — | #600 | 93 | |
| 1936 | — | #591 | 96 | |
| 1935 | — | #641 | 85 | |
| 1934 | — | #571 | 107 | |
| 1933 | — | #597 | 95 | |
| 1932 | — | #576 | 106 | |
| 1931 | — | #535 | 118 | |
| 1930 | — | #572 | 109 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #627 | 95 |
| 1928 | — | #583 | 113 | |
| 1927 | — | #653 | 94 | |
| 1926 | — | #567 | 118 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #573 | 118 |
| 1924 | — | #504 | 153 | |
| 1923 | — | #560 | 123 | |
| 1922 | — | #513 | 144 | |
| 1921 | — | #502 | 151 | |
| 1920 | — | #499 | 146 | |
| 1919 | — | #486 | 150 | |
| 1918 | — | #510 | 138 | |
| 1917 | — | #493 | 135 | |
| 1916 | — | #524 | 118 | |
| 1915 | — | #450 | 148 | |
| 1914 | — | #450 | 113 | |
| 1913 | — | #492 | 78 | |
| 1912 | — | #450 | 76 | |
| 1911 | — | #471 | 38 | |
| 1910 | — | #447 | 38 | |
| 1909 | — | #462 | 30 | |
| 1908 | — | #489 | 26 | |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | #472 | 22 | |
| 1905 | — | #741 | 11 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #487 | 19 | |
| 1902 | — | #651 | 12 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #523 | 16 | |
| 1897 | — | #495 | 16 | |
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #521 | 15 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Theron was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Theron is popular in 1897
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Theron
- 384 spots since 2024 (#2,835 → #2,451)
- 405 spots since 2020 (#2,046 → #2,451)
- 852 spots since 2015 (#1,599 → #2,451)
- Biggest jump: 487 spots in 1897 (#982 → #495)
- Biggest drop: 413 spots in 1890 (#581 → #994)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #447 (38 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1887–1989
- Highest: 1 in 5,111 boys born in 1910 were named Theron (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 31,056 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 11.4% of all boys named Theron (1,483) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 63 | #556 (1883) | #661 |
| 1890s | 101 | #495 (1897) | #722 |
| 1900s | 167 | #462 (1909) | #623 |
| 1910s | 1,032 | #447 (1910) | #477 |
| 1920s | 1,255 | #499 (1920) | #558 |
| 1930s | 1,015 | #535 (1931) | #584 |
| 1940s | 1,070 | #553 (1941) | #615 |
| 1950s | 922 | #695 (1950) | #755 |
| 1960s | 1,483 | #566 (1966) | #638 |
| 1970s | 1,480 | #603 (1973) | #680 |
| 1980s | 1,083 | #786 (1983) | #879 |
| 1990s | 1,030 | #987 (1992) | #1,133 |
| 2000s | 1,061 | #1,235 (2000) | #1,391 |
| 2010s | 883 | #1,562 (2012) | #1,742 |
| 2020s | 315 | #2,046 (2020) | #2,569 |
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.
Theron in 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
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112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 7,047 of them was named Theron, which outranked 59.7% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #473Steven17
- #473Tillman17
- #473Urban17
- #495Theron16
- #495Alford16
- #495Archibald16
- #495Bernice16
- #515Adolphus15
- #515Angus15
- #515Booker15
Tied with 19 names at #495; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.