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 1925
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#236 · 1 in 2,025
- Florida#263 · 1 in 2,200
- Wisconsin#326 · 1 in 4,755
- South Carolina#329 · 1 in 3,206
- Arkansas#335 · 1 in 3,016
Best ever in a state: #88 in Vermont, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #236 | 14 | 1 in 2,025 |
| Florida | #263 | 6 | 1 in 2,200 |
| Wisconsin | #326 | 5 | 1 in 4,755 |
| South Carolina | #329 | 6 | 1 in 3,206 |
| Arkansas | #335 | 6 | 1 in 3,016 |
| Alabama | #382 | 7 | 1 in 3,799 |
| California | #467 | 6 | 1 in 6,096 |
| Pennsylvania | #469 | 7 | 1 in 12,615 |
| New York | #509 | 7 | 1 in 13,668 |
| Texas | #870 | 5 | 1 in 11,060 |
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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 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 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 243,477 of them was named Theron, which outranked 13.8% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 798 names at #4,973; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 9,457 of them was named Theron, which outranked 88.2% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).