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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #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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1887—#9215
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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 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #38 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 144 boysAKMaine: #23 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 84 boysMEVermont: #18 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 54 boysVTNew Hampshire: #26 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 87 boysNHWashington: #19 for boys · 331 births · 1 in 85 boysWAIdaho: #20 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 85 boysIDMontana: #22 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 96 boysMTNorth Dakota: #12 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 49 boysNDMinnesota: #14 for boys · 603 births · 1 in 54 boysMNIllinois: #26 for boys · 882 births · 1 in 110 boysILWisconsin: #14 for boys · 678 births · 1 in 54 boysWIMichigan: #21 for boys · 1,122 births · 1 in 73 boysMINew York: #35 for boys · 1,041 births · 1 in 149 boysNYMassachusetts: #30 for boys · 406 births · 1 in 115 boysMARhode Island: #27 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 83 boysRIOregon: #21 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 85 boysORNevada: #40 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 173 boysNVWyoming: #22 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 87 boysWYSouth Dakota: #11 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 49 boysSDIowa: #14 for boys · 435 births · 1 in 53 boysIAIndiana: #24 for boys · 549 births · 1 in 87 boysINOhio: #23 for boys · 1,176 births · 1 in 82 boysOHPennsylvania: #29 for boys · 899 births · 1 in 105 boysPANew Jersey: #42 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 183 boysNJConnecticut: #25 for boys · 255 births · 1 in 91 boysCTCalifornia: #37 for boys · 1,025 births · 1 in 174 boysCAUtah: #19 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 85 boysUTColorado: #23 for boys · 233 births · 1 in 85 boysCONebraska: #17 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 66 boysNEMissouri: #31 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 129 boysMOKentucky: #33 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 143 boysKYWest Virginia: #37 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 159 boysWVVirginia: #43 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 206 boysVAMaryland: #38 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 162 boysMDDelaware: #42 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 203 boysDEArizona: #40 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 195 boysAZNew Mexico: #52 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 223 boysNMKansas: #21 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 89 boysKSArkansas: #45 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 184 boysARTennessee: #58 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 270 boysTNNorth Carolina: #49 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 226 boysNCSouth Carolina: #60 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 288 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #43 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 199 boysDCOklahoma: #47 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 204 boysOKLouisiana: #33 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 160 boysLAMississippi: #91 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 451 boysMSAlabama: #79 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 372 boysALGeorgia: #48 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 239 boysGAHawaii: #26 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 112 boysHITexas: #62 for boys · 395 births · 1 in 290 boysTXFlorida: #37 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 179 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#11 · 1 in 49
  2. North Dakota#12 · 1 in 49
  3. Iowa#14 · 1 in 53
  4. Minnesota#14 · 1 in 54
  5. Wisconsin#14 · 1 in 54

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#111041 in 49
North Dakota#121051 in 49
Iowa#144351 in 53
Minnesota#146031 in 54
Wisconsin#146781 in 54
Nebraska#171811 in 66
Vermont#18651 in 54
Utah#191451 in 85
Washington#193311 in 85
Idaho#20721 in 85
Kansas#211861 in 89
Michigan#211,1221 in 73
Oregon#211961 in 85
Montana#22551 in 96
Wyoming#22291 in 87
Colorado#232331 in 85
Maine#23951 in 84
Ohio#231,1761 in 82
Indiana#245491 in 87
Connecticut#252551 in 91
Hawaii#26591 in 112
Illinois#268821 in 110
New Hampshire#26671 in 87
Rhode Island#27891 in 83
Pennsylvania#298991 in 105
Massachusetts#304061 in 115
Missouri#313081 in 129
Kentucky#332031 in 143
Louisiana#332111 in 160
New York#351,0411 in 149
California#371,0251 in 174
Florida#373001 in 179
West Virginia#37881 in 159
Alaska#38221 in 144
Maryland#381741 in 162
Arizona#40871 in 195
Nevada#40221 in 173
Delaware#42221 in 203
New Jersey#423021 in 183
District of Columbia#43611 in 199
Virginia#431861 in 206
Arkansas#45871 in 184
Oklahoma#47991 in 204
Georgia#481891 in 239
North Carolina#492021 in 226
New Mexico#52431 in 223
Tennessee#581311 in 270
South Carolina#60811 in 288
Texas#623951 in 290
Alabama#79831 in 372
Mississippi#91471 in 451

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 1970

girls
#1,828
48 births · 1 in 36,420 girls
boys
#28
14,426 births · 1 in 129 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #1,828Todd48

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #28Todd14,426
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 36,420 of them was named Todd, which outranked 80.5% of the 9,355 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. #1,804Tiffini49
  2. #1,804Yasmin49
  3. #1,804Zoraida49
  4. #1,828Todd48
  5. #1,828Alva48
  6. #1,828Alvina48
  7. #1,828Aurelia48
  8. #1,859Adelina47
  9. #1,859Charline47
  10. #1,859Danya47

Tied with 30 names at #1,828; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

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

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 129 of them was named Todd, which outranked 99.5% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Todd
  1. #25Kenneth16,800
  2. #26Gregory16,286
  3. #27Stephen14,758
  4. #28Todd14,426
  5. #29Ronald13,618
  6. #30Donald12,397
  7. #31Edward12,275
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1970 →