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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #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 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #58 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 243 boysAKMaine: #29 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 87 boysMEVermont: #23 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 78 boysVTNew Hampshire: #32 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 102 boysNHWashington: #39 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 144 boysWAIdaho: #37 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 140 boysIDMontana: #49 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 196 boysMTNorth Dakota: #30 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 103 boysNDMinnesota: #31 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 110 boysMNIllinois: #38 for boys · 443 births · 1 in 177 boysILWisconsin: #27 for boys · 327 births · 1 in 94 boysWIMichigan: #30 for boys · 528 births · 1 in 122 boysMINew York: #40 for boys · 605 births · 1 in 189 boysNYMassachusetts: #36 for boys · 245 births · 1 in 139 boysMARhode Island: #38 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 141 boysRIOregon: #40 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 143 boysORNevada: #40 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 160 boysNVWyoming: #51 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 173 boysWYSouth Dakota: #27 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 110 boysSDIowa: #25 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 90 boysIAIndiana: #33 for boys · 283 births · 1 in 140 boysINOhio: #31 for boys · 677 births · 1 in 115 boysOHPennsylvania: #32 for boys · 536 births · 1 in 137 boysPANew Jersey: #42 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 200 boysNJConnecticut: #31 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 125 boysCTCalifornia: #60 for boys · 550 births · 1 in 273 boysCAUtah: #51 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 198 boysUTColorado: #46 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 178 boysCONebraska: #31 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 103 boysNEMissouri: #48 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 197 boysMOKentucky: #46 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 204 boysKYWest Virginia: #53 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 229 boysWVVirginia: #54 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 298 boysVAMaryland: #39 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 186 boysMDDelaware: #38 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 169 boysDEArizona: #59 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 250 boysAZNew Mexico: #88 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 363 boysNMKansas: #36 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 147 boysKSArkansas: #82 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 379 boysARTennessee: #90 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 446 boysTNNorth Carolina: #78 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 409 boysNCSouth Carolina: #94 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 434 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #74 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 317 boysDCOklahoma: #55 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 238 boysOKLouisiana: #53 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 248 boysLAMississippi: #126 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 667 boysMSAlabama: #96 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 433 boysALGeorgia: #74 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 350 boysGAHawaii: #60 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 248 boysHITexas: #106 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 460 boysTXFlorida: #50 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 255 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Vermont#23 · 1 in 78
  2. Iowa#25 · 1 in 90
  3. Wisconsin#27 · 1 in 94
  4. South Dakota#27 · 1 in 110
  5. Maine#29 · 1 in 87

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#23341 in 78
Iowa#252121 in 90
South Dakota#27421 in 110
Wisconsin#273271 in 94
Maine#29751 in 87
Michigan#305281 in 122
North Dakota#30441 in 103
Connecticut#311331 in 125
Minnesota#312411 in 110
Nebraska#311061 in 103
Ohio#316771 in 115
New Hampshire#32501 in 102
Pennsylvania#325361 in 137
Indiana#332831 in 140
Kansas#36961 in 147
Massachusetts#362451 in 139
Idaho#37461 in 140
Delaware#38201 in 169
Illinois#384431 in 177
Rhode Island#38361 in 141
Maryland#391121 in 186
Washington#391591 in 144
Nevada#40211 in 160
New York#406051 in 189
Oregon#401051 in 143
New Jersey#422141 in 200
Colorado#461021 in 178
Kentucky#461271 in 204
Missouri#481711 in 197
Montana#49261 in 196
Florida#501991 in 255
Utah#51691 in 198
Wyoming#51141 in 173
Louisiana#531191 in 248
West Virginia#53561 in 229
Virginia#541051 in 298
Oklahoma#55781 in 238
Alaska#58111 in 243
Arizona#59721 in 250
California#605501 in 273
Hawaii#60241 in 248
District of Columbia#74251 in 317
Georgia#741091 in 350
North Carolina#78951 in 409
Arkansas#82411 in 379
New Mexico#88251 in 363
Tennessee#90701 in 446
South Carolina#94481 in 434
Alabama#96611 in 433
Texas#1062301 in 460
Mississippi#126281 in 667

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 1974

girls
#2,029
41 births · 1 in 35,794 girls
boys
#39
7,845 births · 1 in 200 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #2,029Todd41

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #39Todd7,845
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 35,794 of them was named Todd, which outranked 80.2% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Todd
  1. #1,999Shena42
  2. #1,999Terina42
  3. #1,999Tyesha42
  4. #2,029Todd41
  5. #2,029Adeline41
  6. #2,029Alida41
  7. #2,029Ashlie41
  8. #2,066Alba40
  9. #2,066Alexander40
  10. #2,066Amberly40

Tied with 36 names at #2,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

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

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 200 of them was named Todd, which outranked 99.4% of the 6,004 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. #36Adam8,421
  2. #37Sean8,290
  3. #38Patrick8,137
  4. #39Todd7,845
  5. #40Edward7,817
  6. #41Donald7,758
  7. #42Ronald7,667
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,544Rashad#4,505 → #961
  2. ↑ 844Telly#1,312 → #468
  3. ↑ 398Jabari#1,312 → #914
  4. ↑ 356Ahmad#1,123 → #767
  5. ↑ 356Toma#1,238 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Parrish#987 → #1,370
  2. ↓ 378Fredric#957 → #1,335
  3. ↓ 346Jory#753 → #1,099
  4. ↓ 301Vidal#834 → #1,135
  5. ↓ 277Pat#847 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1974 →