Todd

Where Todd comes from

The dictionaries list Todd as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #706 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1961
    Todd Haynes born
    American film director and screenwriter
  3. 1964
    Peak, #28
    15,350 babies named Todd — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1970
    Todd Phillips born
    American filmmaker
  5. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #43.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Todd Phillips · American filmmaker, born 1970
  • Todd Haynes · American film director and screenwriter, born 1961
  • Todd Woodbridge · Australian tennis player, born 1971
  • Todd Graff · American actor, writer and director, born 1959
  • Todd Howard · American video game designer, director, and producer, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.