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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #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
1912——
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 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #130 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 617 boysAKMaine: #80 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 383 boysMEVermont: #79 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 330 boysVTNew Hampshire: #107 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 642 boysNHWashington: #161 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,087 boysWAIdaho: #100 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 454 boysIDMontana: #107 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 462 boysMTNorth Dakota: #119 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 664 boysNDMinnesota: #135 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 989 boysMNIllinois: #126 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 795 boysILWisconsin: #115 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 831 boysWIMichigan: #100 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 604 boysMINew York: #139 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 998 boysNYMassachusetts: #111 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 846 boysMARhode Island: #156 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,262 boysRIOregon: #126 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 734 boysORNevada: #122 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 655 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Todd, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #96 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 428 boysSDIowa: #84 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 421 boysIAIndiana: #95 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 554 boysINOhio: #79 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 458 boysOHPennsylvania: #86 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 517 boysPANew Jersey: #137 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 1,050 boysNJConnecticut: #105 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 700 boysCTCalifornia: #208 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 1,195 boysCAUtah: #94 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 407 boysUTColorado: #145 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 862 boysCONebraska: #98 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 495 boysNEMissouri: #99 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 553 boysMOKentucky: #137 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 945 boysKYWest Virginia: #104 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 608 boysWVVirginia: #156 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 1,056 boysVAMaryland: #102 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 639 boysMDDelaware: #95 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 491 boysDEArizona: #165 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 866 boysAZNew Mexico: #217 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,143 boysNMKansas: #105 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 521 boysKSArkansas: #150 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 864 boysARTennessee: #146 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 940 boysTNNorth Carolina: #156 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 1,036 boysNCSouth Carolina: #180 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 977 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #226 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,186 boysDCOklahoma: #138 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 741 boysOKLouisiana: #143 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 687 boysLAMississippi: #205 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,171 boysMSAlabama: #170 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,033 boysALGeorgia: #178 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 1,112 boysGAHawaii: #137 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 676 boysHITexas: #257 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 1,533 boysTXFlorida: #142 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 862 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Vermont#79 · 1 in 330
  2. Ohio#79 · 1 in 458
  3. Maine#80 · 1 in 383
  4. Iowa#84 · 1 in 421
  5. Pennsylvania#86 · 1 in 517

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Ohio#791681 in 458
Vermont#79101 in 330
Maine#80191 in 383
Iowa#84421 in 421
Pennsylvania#861531 in 517
Utah#94401 in 407
Delaware#9591 in 491
Indiana#95701 in 554
South Dakota#96111 in 428
Nebraska#98221 in 495
Missouri#99661 in 553
Idaho#100141 in 454
Michigan#1001071 in 604
Maryland#102481 in 639
West Virginia#104171 in 608
Connecticut#105311 in 700
Kansas#105321 in 521
Montana#107101 in 462
New Hampshire#107121 in 642
Massachusetts#111491 in 846
Wisconsin#115391 in 831
North Dakota#11971 in 664
Nevada#122111 in 655
Illinois#1261051 in 795
Oregon#126251 in 734
Alaska#13071 in 617
Minnesota#135311 in 989
Hawaii#137101 in 676
Kentucky#137251 in 945
New Jersey#137491 in 1,050
Oklahoma#138281 in 741
New York#1391301 in 998
Florida#142981 in 862
Louisiana#143461 in 687
Colorado#145281 in 862
Tennessee#146361 in 940
Arkansas#150171 in 864
North Carolina#156421 in 1,036
Rhode Island#15651 in 1,262
Virginia#156381 in 1,056
Washington#161301 in 1,087
Arizona#165341 in 866
Alabama#170251 in 1,033
Georgia#178421 in 1,112
South Carolina#180231 in 977
Mississippi#205141 in 1,171
California#2082111 in 1,195
New Mexico#217101 in 1,143
District of Columbia#22671 in 1,186
Texas#257941 in 1,533
Wyoming———

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 1988

girls
#4,308
20 births · 1 in 89,043 girls
boys
#135
2,201 births · 1 in 870 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #4,308Todd20

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #135Todd2,201
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 89,043 of them was named Todd, which outranked 69.0% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Todd
  1. #4,172Xylina21
  2. #4,172Yolonda21
  3. #4,172Yurico21
  4. #4,308Todd20
  5. #4,308Adella20
  6. #4,308Alegra20
  7. #4,308Alethia20
  8. #4,496Adriann19
  9. #4,496Aigner19
  10. #4,496Alden19

Tied with 187 names at #4,308; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

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

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 870 of them was named Todd, which outranked 98.4% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Todd
  1. #131Francisco2,258
  2. #133Tony2,243
  3. #134Allen2,208
  4. #135Todd2,201
  5. #136Jeremiah2,190
  6. #137Dylan2,158
  7. #138Andre2,154
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,252Nico#4,239 → #987
  2. ↑ 1,245Ridge#2,215 → #970
  3. ↑ 668Colten#1,484 → #816
  4. ↑ 600Brantley#1,587 → #987
  5. ↑ 518Long#1,337 → #819
Fallers
  1. ↓ 362Cordaro#908 → #1,270
  2. ↓ 246Ramsey#884 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 241Yaakov#974 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 233Adrain#990 → #1,223
  5. ↓ 230Kiel#846 → #1,076

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

See the top 100 for 1988 →