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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #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
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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
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1931#3,7635
1930#4,0015
1929#2,9808
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1926#4,2015
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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 1971

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedNHWashington: #366 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,222 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedMNIllinois: #508 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 7,003 boysILWisconsin: #286 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,768 boysWIMichigan: #368 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 4,783 boysMINew York: #619 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 10,543 boysNYMassachusetts: #338 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,085 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedIAIndiana: #356 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,583 boysINOhio: #306 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 3,841 boysOHPennsylvania: #468 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 9,823 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #496 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 5,772 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedNEMissouri: #436 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,372 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Tod, so not publishedHITexas: #890 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 16,294 boysTXFlorida: #655 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,761 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#286 · 1 in 3,768
  2. Ohio#306 · 1 in 3,841
  3. Massachusetts#338 · 1 in 6,085
  4. Indiana#356 · 1 in 4,583
  5. Washington#366 · 1 in 4,222

Best ever in a state: #147 in Oregon, 1962.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#28691 in 3,768
Ohio#306241 in 3,841
Massachusetts#33871 in 6,085
Indiana#356101 in 4,583
Washington#36661 in 4,222
Michigan#368161 in 4,783
Missouri#43661 in 6,372
Pennsylvania#46891 in 9,823
California#496281 in 5,772
Illinois#508131 in 7,003
New York#619131 in 10,543
Florida#65551 in 10,761
Texas#89071 in 16,294
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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 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 1971

boys
#568
205 births · 1 in 8,627 boys

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #568Tod205
More about 1971

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 8,627 of them was named Tod, which outranked 90.0% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tod
  1. #564Will207
  2. #564Winston207
  3. #567Sonny206
  4. #568Tod205
  5. #568Carlo205
  6. #568Dane205
  7. #568Graham205
  8. #573Ellis204
  9. #573Hugo204
  10. #573Rory204

Tied with 4 names at #568; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 754Germaine#1,582 → #828
  2. ↑ 626Jeramie#1,546 → #920
  3. ↑ 512Jeremey#1,396 → #884
  4. ↑ 473Jarod#1,337 → #864
  5. ↑ 454Jamel#1,374 → #920
Fallers
  1. ↓ 328Adolph#926 → #1,254
  2. ↓ 272Dwane#1,000 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 266Bronson#861 → #1,127
  4. ↓ 244Mitch#921 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 242Enrico#839 → #1,081

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

See the top 100 for 1971 →