Tou

Last seen for boys in 2015 at #10,644

Peak · boys
1983 · 67 births
Debut · boys
33 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,254
since 1980

Tou over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Tou has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #1,088, 1983boys
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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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2015#10,6446
2014#12,1085
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2011#12,2875
2010#9,6937
2009#12,4915
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2007#10,9216
2006#12,0555
2005#5,27815
2004#5,81313
2003#7,8318
2002#5,39513
2001#3,84221
2000#3,42324
1999#3,27924
1998#2,45035
1997#2,39634
1996#1,65558
1995#1,68253
1994#1,42168
1993#1,26181
1992#1,39566
1991#1,27377
1990#1,20182
1989#1,24375
1988#1,42754
1987#1,36754
1986#1,43948
1985#1,14766
1984#1,26553
1983#1,08867
1982#1,46443
1981#1,30950
1980#1,72633
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First appearance
1980

The first year at least five boys were named Tou! It came in at #1,726, and was given to 33 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2008–2009, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Tou is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #185 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,660 boysMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedILWisconsin: #284 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,009 boysWIMichigan: #765 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 13,886 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #629 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 8,395 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Tou, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#185 · 1 in 1,660
  2. Wisconsin#284 · 1 in 3,009
  3. California#629 · 1 in 8,395
  4. Michigan#765 · 1 in 13,886

Best ever in a state: #141 in Rhode Island, 1981.

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Wisconsin#284111 in 3,009
California#629321 in 8,395
Michigan#76551 in 13,886
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See more about Tou
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1980
  • Peaked 1983 at #1,088 (67 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 24,214
  • Highest: 1 in 24,214 boys born in 1993 were named Tou (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 319,457 boys born in 2015 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,088 in 1983, was only 1 in 26,755 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 46.1% of all boys named Tou (578) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s543#1,088 (1983)#1,348
1990s578#1,201 (1990)#1,801
2000s110#3,423 (2000)#7,450
2010s23#9,693 (2010)#11,183

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.

Tou in 1989

boys
#1,243
75 births · 1 in 26,679 boys

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #1,243Tou75
More about 1989

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 26,679 of them was named Tou, which outranked 86.5% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tou
  1. #1,228Luiz76
  2. #1,228Stevan76
  3. #1,228Tate76
  4. #1,243Tou75
  5. #1,243Baron75
  6. #1,243Chas75
  7. #1,243Darious75
  8. #1,258Bradlee74
  9. #1,258Crystal74
  10. #1,258Franklyn74

Tied with 14 names at #1,243; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →