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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #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 1971

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #29 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 123 boysAKMaine: #28 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 100 boysMEVermont: #13 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 48 boysVTNew Hampshire: #30 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 97 boysNHWashington: #24 for boys · 262 births · 1 in 97 boysWAIdaho: #28 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 101 boysIDMontana: #30 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 114 boysMTNorth Dakota: #14 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 54 boysNDMinnesota: #19 for boys · 472 births · 1 in 63 boysMNIllinois: #26 for boys · 740 births · 1 in 123 boysILWisconsin: #21 for boys · 530 births · 1 in 64 boysWIMichigan: #22 for boys · 886 births · 1 in 86 boysMINew York: #38 for boys · 839 births · 1 in 163 boysNYMassachusetts: #30 for boys · 393 births · 1 in 108 boysMARhode Island: #29 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 96 boysRIOregon: #25 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 109 boysORNevada: #49 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 208 boysNVWyoming: #30 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 106 boysWYSouth Dakota: #11 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 57 boysSDIowa: #16 for boys · 346 births · 1 in 62 boysIAIndiana: #26 for boys · 463 births · 1 in 99 boysINOhio: #24 for boys · 1,052 births · 1 in 88 boysOHPennsylvania: #30 for boys · 811 births · 1 in 109 boysPANew Jersey: #43 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 191 boysNJConnecticut: #27 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 104 boysCTCalifornia: #36 for boys · 878 births · 1 in 184 boysCAUtah: #29 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 121 boysUTColorado: #33 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 134 boysCONebraska: #18 for boys · 162 births · 1 in 71 boysNEMissouri: #32 for boys · 280 births · 1 in 137 boysMOKentucky: #42 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 190 boysKYWest Virginia: #44 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 190 boysWVVirginia: #42 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 204 boysVAMaryland: #37 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 169 boysMDDelaware: #44 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 185 boysDEArizona: #35 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 173 boysAZNew Mexico: #87 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 357 boysNMKansas: #28 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 124 boysKSArkansas: #61 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 257 boysARTennessee: #69 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 317 boysTNNorth Carolina: #56 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 270 boysNCSouth Carolina: #84 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 371 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #61 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 292 boysDCOklahoma: #44 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 187 boysOKLouisiana: #44 for boys · 162 births · 1 in 204 boysLAMississippi: #103 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 463 boysMSAlabama: #106 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 487 boysALGeorgia: #75 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 345 boysGAHawaii: #29 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 125 boysHITexas: #75 for boys · 336 births · 1 in 339 boysTXFlorida: #37 for boys · 290 births · 1 in 186 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#11 · 1 in 57
  2. Vermont#13 · 1 in 48
  3. North Dakota#14 · 1 in 54
  4. Iowa#16 · 1 in 62
  5. Nebraska#18 · 1 in 71

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#11851 in 57
Vermont#13691 in 48
North Dakota#14901 in 54
Iowa#163461 in 62
Nebraska#181621 in 71
Minnesota#194721 in 63
Wisconsin#215301 in 64
Michigan#228861 in 86
Ohio#241,0521 in 88
Washington#242621 in 97
Oregon#251441 in 109
Illinois#267401 in 123
Indiana#264631 in 99
Connecticut#271991 in 104
Idaho#28581 in 101
Kansas#281271 in 124
Maine#28801 in 100
Alaska#29261 in 123
Hawaii#29501 in 125
Rhode Island#29701 in 96
Utah#291031 in 121
Massachusetts#303931 in 108
Montana#30451 in 114
New Hampshire#30591 in 97
Pennsylvania#308111 in 109
Wyoming#30221 in 106
Missouri#322801 in 137
Colorado#331421 in 134
Arizona#351011 in 173
California#368781 in 184
Florida#372901 in 186
Maryland#371571 in 169
New York#388391 in 163
Kentucky#421531 in 190
Virginia#421801 in 204
New Jersey#432701 in 191
Delaware#44231 in 185
Louisiana#441621 in 204
Oklahoma#441081 in 187
West Virginia#44761 in 190
Nevada#49181 in 208
North Carolina#561651 in 270
Arkansas#61621 in 257
District of Columbia#61371 in 292
Tennessee#691091 in 317
Georgia#751271 in 345
Texas#753361 in 339
South Carolina#84631 in 371
New Mexico#87271 in 357
Mississippi#103461 in 463
Alabama#106621 in 487

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 1971

girls
#2,064
40 births · 1 in 41,596 girls
boys
#30
12,055 births · 1 in 147 boys

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #2,064Todd40

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. #30Todd12,055
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 41,596 of them was named Todd, which outranked 78.6% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Todd
  1. #2,035Trish41
  2. #2,035Willette41
  3. #2,035Yalanda41
  4. #2,064Todd40
  5. #2,064Addie40
  6. #2,064Anjeanette40
  7. #2,064Antonietta40
  8. #2,107Angelena39
  9. #2,107Angelene39
  10. #2,107Anja39

Tied with 42 names at #2,064; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,115Yesenia#2,522 → #407
  2. ↑ 1,431Shayla#2,267 → #836
  3. ↑ 853Ebony#1,681 → #828
  4. ↑ 749Consuela#1,706 → #957
  5. ↑ 510Candida#1,196 → #686
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Sebrina#916 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 382Janene#684 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 375Treena#989 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 356Tisa#910 → #1,266
  5. ↓ 351Shaun#929 → #1,280

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

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 147 of them was named Todd, which outranked 99.5% 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 Todd
  1. #27Stephen13,102
  2. #28Shawn12,825
  3. #29Chad12,137
  4. #30Todd12,055
  5. #31Ronald11,617
  6. #32Edward11,062
  7. #33Andrew10,911
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 →