Todd

Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · #1,609 for boys in 2025, 105 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1964 · 15,350 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
27 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
282,330
since 1881

Todd over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #28, 1964boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,609105
2024—#1,589108
2023—#1,558112
2022—#1,468123
2021—#1,529115
2020—#1,408123
2019—#1,214157
2018—#1,195158
2017—#1,159162
2016—#1,065185
2015—#976212
2014—#1,074180
2013—#966207
2012—#884237
2011—#864244
2010—#810264
2009—#889235
2008—#773287
2007—#710326
2006—#652354
2005—#583390
2004—#535441
2003—#517466
2002—#467510
2001—#457530
2000—#423583
1999—#394627
1998#14,1225#365703
1997—#314843
1996—#299890
1995—#2711,028
1994#13,4305#2521,141
1993—#2351,238
1992—#2161,425
1991—#1791,743
1990#10,1937#1591,976
1989#7,44910#1462,125
1988#4,30820#1352,201
1987#4,28319#1202,355
1986#6,15611#1102,586
1985#4,12619#992,941
1984#4,96614#923,104
1983#3,80620#873,334
1982#2,83032#823,598
1981#3,06628#743,953
1980#3,31825#754,128
1979#2,99728#604,984
1978#2,80129#565,497
1977#3,00226#506,276
1976#2,29236#506,440
1975#2,45632#437,151
1974#2,02941#397,845
1973#1,69053#358,677
1972#1,67453#319,968
1971#2,06440#3012,055
1970#1,82848#2814,426
1969#1,59156#2814,745
1968#1,41863#2814,659
1967#1,64048#2913,453
1966#1,66945#2913,557
1965#1,71543#3013,934
1964#1,68647#2815,350
1963#2,09432#3014,789
1962#2,11331#3012,752
1961#2,15030#469,750
1960#3,21215#715,752
1959#3,82711#994,332
1958#3,37913#1163,468
1957#4,2029#1432,405
1956#5,9525#1562,008
1955#5,2086#1731,615
1954—#1951,291
1953#5,6735#2071,101
1952—#213960
1951—#241796
1950—#272593
1949—#316461
1948—#363346
1947—#393304
1946—#413237
1945—#465163
1944—#458176
1943—#486161
1942—#528134
1941—#59799
1940—#63588
1939—#72668
1938—#74268
1937—#85851
1936—#94942
1935—#1,05737
1934—#1,17332
1933—#1,28127
1932—#1,32427
1931—#1,69318
1930—#1,36828
1929—#1,17335
1928—#2,04815
1927—#2,52311
1926—#1,66121
1925—#1,74520
1924—#1,26333
1923—#1,64422
1922—#2,04016
1921—#1,39029
1920—#1,45726
1919—#2,8779
1918—#2,07315
1917—#1,58721
1916—#1,59420
1915—#1,60019
1914—#2,10110
1913—#1,80310
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1911—#1,2908
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1907—#1,3455
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1904—#1,2055
1903—#1,0096
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1900—#1,0507
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1882—#8376
1881—#7067
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Todd! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Todd is popular in 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #94 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 347 boysAKMaine: #58 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 260 boysMEVermont: #34 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 127 boysVTNew Hampshire: #63 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 324 boysNHWashington: #30 for boys · 244 births · 1 in 126 boysWAIdaho: #13 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 81 boysIDMontana: #30 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 124 boysMTNorth Dakota: #12 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 50 boysNDMinnesota: #17 for boys · 649 births · 1 in 64 boysMNIllinois: #47 for boys · 539 births · 1 in 211 boysILWisconsin: #18 for boys · 636 births · 1 in 75 boysWIMichigan: #34 for boys · 613 births · 1 in 152 boysMINew York: #52 for boys · 558 births · 1 in 322 boysNYMassachusetts: #52 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 335 boysMARhode Island: #49 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 264 boysRIOregon: #32 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 129 boysORNevada: #37 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 154 boysNVWyoming: #30 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 113 boysWYSouth Dakota: #7 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 40 boysSDIowa: #19 for boys · 387 births · 1 in 78 boysIAIndiana: #40 for boys · 320 births · 1 in 169 boysINOhio: #35 for boys · 713 births · 1 in 156 boysOHPennsylvania: #41 for boys · 542 births · 1 in 218 boysPANew Jersey: #52 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 305 boysNJConnecticut: #42 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 201 boysCTCalifornia: #50 for boys · 803 births · 1 in 235 boysCAUtah: #14 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 74 boysUTColorado: #44 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 185 boysCONebraska: #19 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 88 boysNEMissouri: #64 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 301 boysMOKentucky: #69 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 325 boysKYWest Virginia: #70 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 308 boysWVVirginia: #90 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 405 boysVAMaryland: #85 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 432 boysMDDelaware: #76 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 373 boysDEArizona: #64 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 278 boysAZNew Mexico: #121 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 554 boysNMKansas: #35 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 152 boysKSArkansas: #110 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 489 boysARTennessee: #108 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 555 boysTNNorth Carolina: #91 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 423 boysNCSouth Carolina: #128 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 579 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #121 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 618 boysDCOklahoma: #64 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 245 boysOKLouisiana: #64 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 252 boysLAMississippi: #151 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 750 boysMSAlabama: #139 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 720 boysALGeorgia: #108 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 493 boysGAHawaii: #81 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 311 boysHITexas: #117 for boys · 238 births · 1 in 503 boysTXFlorida: #70 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 300 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#7 · 1 in 40
  2. North Dakota#12 · 1 in 50
  3. Idaho#13 · 1 in 81
  4. Utah#14 · 1 in 74
  5. Minnesota#17 · 1 in 64

Best ever in a state: #3 in South Dakota, 1966.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#71941 in 40
North Dakota#121451 in 50
Idaho#13891 in 81
Utah#141641 in 74
Minnesota#176491 in 64
Wisconsin#186361 in 75
Iowa#193871 in 78
Nebraska#191841 in 88
Montana#30621 in 124
Washington#302441 in 126
Wyoming#30311 in 113
Oregon#321361 in 129
Michigan#346131 in 152
Vermont#34311 in 127
Kansas#351471 in 152
Ohio#357131 in 156
Nevada#37211 in 154
Indiana#403201 in 169
Pennsylvania#415421 in 218
Connecticut#421321 in 201
Colorado#441191 in 185
Illinois#475391 in 211
Rhode Island#49341 in 264
California#508031 in 235
Massachusetts#521711 in 335
New Jersey#522071 in 305
New York#525581 in 322
Maine#58421 in 260
New Hampshire#63191 in 324
Arizona#64611 in 278
Louisiana#641641 in 252
Missouri#641611 in 301
Oklahoma#64961 in 245
Kentucky#691061 in 325
Florida#701831 in 300
West Virginia#70611 in 308
Delaware#76141 in 373
Hawaii#81241 in 311
Maryland#85761 in 432
Virginia#901071 in 405
North Carolina#911251 in 423
Alaska#9491 in 347
Georgia#108971 in 493
Tennessee#108711 in 555
Arkansas#110401 in 489
Texas#1172381 in 503
District of Columbia#121241 in 618
New Mexico#121241 in 554
South Carolina#128491 in 579
Alabama#139521 in 720
Mississippi#151361 in 750

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 Todd
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 20 spots since 2024 (#1,589 → #1,609)
  • 201 spots since 2020 (#1,408 → #1,609)
  • 633 spots since 2015 (#976 → #1,609)
  • Biggest jump: 116 spots in 1938 (#858 → #742)
  • Biggest drop: 131 spots in 1882 (#706 → #837)
Rise & fade · boys
83 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1964 at #28 (15,350 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 27 yrs · run 1959–1985
  • Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1936–2013
Share of babies · boys
1 in 119
  • Highest: 1 in 119 boys born in 1968 were named Todd (0.84%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,267 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #28 in 1964, was only 1 in 130 (0.77%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 45.6% of all boys named Todd (128,741) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#706 (1881)#821
1890s0——
1900s23#1,009 (1903)#1,152
1910s112#1,290 (1911)#1,866
1920s228#1,173 (1929)#1,694
1930s398#726 (1939)#1,117
1940s2,169#316 (1949)#465
1950s18,569#99 (1959)#182
1960s128,741#28 (1964)#35
1970s83,319#28 (1970)#42
1980s30,325#74 (1981)#102
1990s11,614#159 (1990)#268
2000s4,122#423 (2000)#601
2010s2,006#810 (2010)#1,021
2020s686#1,408 (2020)#1,527

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.

Todd in 1961

girls
#2,150
30 births · 1 in 67,283 girls
boys
#46
9,750 births · 1 in 218 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #2,150Todd30

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #46Todd9,750
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 67,283 of them was named Todd, which outranked 71.4% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Todd
  1. #2,117Tisa31
  2. #2,117Vivien31
  3. #2,117Wynne31
  4. #2,150Todd30
  5. #2,150Anglea30
  6. #2,150Apryl30
  7. #2,150Bea30
  8. #2,197Alise29
  9. #2,197Almeda29
  10. #2,197Augusta29

Tied with 46 names at #2,150; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

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

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 218 of them was named Todd, which outranked 99.0% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Todd
  1. #43Craig10,235
  2. #44Ricky10,027
  3. #45Steve9,997
  4. #46Todd9,750
  5. #47Roger9,652
  6. #48Raymond9,618
  7. #49Jeff9,463
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,171Parrish#4,038 → #867
  2. ↑ 589Brook#1,252 → #663
  3. ↑ 467Osvaldo#1,434 → #967
  4. ↑ 426Shayne#1,152 → #726
  5. ↑ 367Pernell#1,295 → #928
Fallers
  1. ↓ 425Wayde#672 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 380Yancy#923 → #1,303
  3. ↓ 301Jonas#905 → #1,206
  4. ↓ 264Tobin#833 → #1,097
  5. ↓ 253Keenan#748 → #1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →