Tod

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
1962 · 568 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,707
since 1915

Tod over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Tod has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #331, 1962boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024—
2023#12,2395
2022—
2021—
2020—
2019—
2018—
2017#10,7756
2016#12,1855
2015—
2014#10,7176
2013—
2012#12,2745
2011#10,8086
2010#8,8038
2009#7,69210
2008#9,8717
2007#10,9216
2006#7,42710
2005#8,2998
2004#8,9277
2003#7,2459
2002#9,3926
2001#6,9359
2000#5,58812
1999#5,31712
1998#3,59720
1997#4,05916
1996#2,83826
1995#3,19121
1994#2,50230
1993#2,86524
1992#3,74816
1991#2,91522
1990#2,21432
1989#2,10633
1988#2,09030
1987#2,11528
1986#2,00729
1985#2,42721
1984#1,38247
1983#1,74832
1982#1,34249
1981#1,30950
1980#1,49641
1979#1,57037
1978#1,20355
1977#1,24551
1976#1,03065
1975#1,04263
1974#82595
1973#694133
1972#646152
1971#568205
1970#477284
1969#452294
1968#437302
1967#435303
1966#456277
1965#423337
1964#337543
1963#333558
1962#331568
1961#351507
1960#457307
1959#479265
1958#457297
1957#565186
1956#633144
1955#608148
1954#699107
1953#74990
1952#73392
1951#89262
1950#88560
1949#1,14438
1948#1,17337
1947#1,19037
1946#1,40925
1945#1,49420
1944#1,40023
1943#1,12037
1942#1,49622
1941#1,37224
1940#1,22730
1939#1,71216
1938#1,81815
1937#3,1756
1936#2,18411
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1934#3,6795
1933#2,5429
1932—
1931#3,7635
1930#4,0015
1929#2,9808
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1926#4,2015
1925—
1924#3,8676
1923#4,2395
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1920#4,2865
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1918#4,1795
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1915#2,18412
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Tod! It came in at #2,184, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1923, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Tod is popular in 1940

No state had 5 or more boys named Tod in 1940, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Tod
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • Biggest jump: 259 spots in 1950 (#1,144 → #885)
  • Biggest drop: 217 spots in 1975 (#825 → #1,042)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1962 at #331 (568 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1950–1974
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,640
  • Highest: 1 in 3,640 boys born in 1963 were named Tod (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #331 in 1962, was only 1 in 3,642 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 51.8% of all boys named Tod (3,996) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s17#2,184 (1915)#3,182
1920s29#2,980 (1929)#3,915
1930s72#1,712 (1939)#2,859
1940s293#1,120 (1943)#1,303
1950s1,451#457 (1958)#670
1960s3,996#331 (1962)#401
1970s1,140#477 (1970)#930
1980s360#1,309 (1981)#1,802
1990s219#2,214 (1990)#3,325
2000s84#5,588 (2000)#8,230
2010s36#8,803 (2010)#10,927
2020s10#12,008 (2025)#12,124

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.

Tod in 1940

boys
#1,227
30 births · 1 in 38,639 boys

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #1,227Tod30
More about 1940

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 38,639 of them was named Tod, which outranked 68.8% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tod
  1. #1,208Lawrance31
  2. #1,208Scottie31
  3. #1,208Turner31
  4. #1,227Tod30
  5. #1,227Anastacio30
  6. #1,227Aubry30
  7. #1,227Caleb30
  8. #1,251Bernardo29
  9. #1,251Berton29
  10. #1,251Constantine29

Tied with 23 names at #1,227; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 565Whitney#1,458 → #893
  2. ↑ 447Gonzalo#1,297 → #850
  3. ↑ 419Weston#1,323 → #904
  4. ↑ 368Ashley#1,272 → #904
  5. ↑ 366Agustin#1,238 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 886Montie#916 → #1,802
  2. ↓ 446Verlon#888 → #1,334
  3. ↓ 394Issac#857 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 392Otho#942 → #1,334
  5. ↓ 384Pearl#867 → #1,251

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1940 →