Teddy*
#609 most common boys' name of all time · #1,357 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1890–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#609
Rank overall
#1,357 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
129 of 146
All-time
35,402
Since 2016
2,049
Peak year
1949 #264
Best rank
#239 1933
Girls
Boys
peak 637/yr
Teddy first appears in 1890. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | 301 | 357 | #822 |
| 2024 | 45 | 265 | 310 | #893 |
| 2023 | 62 | 222 | 284 | #992 |
| 2022 | 44 | 212 | 256 | #1,043 |
| 2021 | 38 | 169 | 207 | #1,168 |
| 2020 | 27 | 135 | 162 | #1,327 |
| 2019 | 28 | 121 | 149 | #1,443 |
| 2018 | 18 | 99 | 117 | #1,640 |
| 2017 | 12 | 97 | 109 | #1,633 |
| 2016 | 14 | 84 | 98 | #1,803 |
| 2015 | 9 | 91 | 100 | #1,708 |
| 2014 | 19 | 72 | 91 | #1,982 |
| 2013 | 10 | 65 | 75 | #2,069 |
| 2012 | 7 | 63 | 70 | #2,135 |
| 2011 | 12 | 69 | 81 | #1,989 |
| 2010 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,988 |
| 2009 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,841 |
| 2008 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,954 |
| 2007 | 5 | 73 | 78 | #1,932 |
| 2006 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,771 |
| 2005 | 6 | 77 | 83 | #1,726 |
| 2004 | 5 | 68 | 73 | #1,816 |
| 2003 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | 76 | 81 | #1,601 |
| 2001 | 8 | 86 | 94 | #1,443 |
| 2000 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,402 |
| 1999 | 6 | 96 | 102 | #1,278 |
| 1998 | 6 | 91 | 97 | #1,308 |
| 1997 | 11 | 116 | 127 | #1,090 |
| 1996 | 11 | 129 | 140 | #977 |
| 1995 | 16 | 95 | 111 | #1,187 |
| 1994 | 12 | 120 | 132 | #1,013 |
| 1993 | 13 | 121 | 134 | #987 |
| 1992 | 9 | 127 | 136 | #952 |
| 1991 | 7 | 151 | 158 | #847 |
| 1990 | — | 165 | 165 | #791 |
| 1989 | 11 | 163 | 174 | #778 |
| 1988 | 9 | 199 | 208 | #672 |
| 1987 | 13 | 185 | 198 | #673 |
| 1986 | 8 | 187 | 195 | #653 |
| 1985 | 5 | 149 | 154 | #724 |
| 1984 | 9 | 160 | 169 | #688 |
| 1983 | — | 195 | 195 | #613 |
| 1982 | — | 220 | 220 | #580 |
| 1981 | — | 241 | 241 | #541 |
| 1980 | — | 251 | 251 | #542 |
| 1979 | 9 | 291 | 300 | #485 |
| 1978 | 5 | 244 | 249 | #528 |
| 1977 | 6 | 287 | 293 | #477 |
| 1976 | — | 289 | 289 | #462 |
| 1975 | 10 | 277 | 287 | #482 |
| 1974 | 5 | 270 | 275 | #485 |
| 1973 | — | 269 | 269 | #480 |
| 1972 | 8 | 333 | 341 | #435 |
| 1971 | 8 | 372 | 380 | #415 |
| 1970 | 7 | 377 | 384 | #422 |
| 1969 | 8 | 448 | 456 | #370 |
| 1968 | 8 | 470 | 478 | #357 |
| 1967 | 10 | 451 | 461 | #352 |
| 1966 | 9 | 512 | 521 | #334 |
| 1965 | 8 | 524 | 532 | #329 |
| 1964 | 10 | 556 | 566 | #332 |
| 1963 | 8 | 548 | 556 | #336 |
| 1962 | 12 | 571 | 583 | #330 |
| 1961 | 13 | 609 | 622 | #318 |
| 1960 | 14 | 591 | 605 | #321 |
| 1959 | 15 | 574 | 589 | #324 |
| 1958 | 21 | 565 | 586 | #324 |
| 1957 | 26 | 568 | 594 | #322 |
| 1956 | 14 | 562 | 576 | #313 |
| 1955 | 23 | 486 | 509 | #337 |
| 1954 | 20 | 477 | 497 | #331 |
| 1953 | 20 | 533 | 553 | #310 |
| 1952 | 22 | 540 | 562 | #307 |
| 1951 | 33 | 562 | 595 | #289 |
| 1950 | 27 | 549 | 576 | #289 |
| 1949 | 24 | 613 | 637 | #264 |
| 1948 | 32 | 538 | 570 | #296 |
| 1947 | 35 | 509 | 544 | #307 |
| 1946 | 25 | 553 | 578 | #272 |
| 1945 | 45 | 472 | 517 | #276 |
| 1944 | 33 | 505 | 538 | #265 |
| 1943 | 58 | 504 | 562 | #269 |
| 1942 | 37 | 516 | 553 | #261 |
| 1941 | 23 | 484 | 507 | #253 |
| 1940 | 28 | 451 | 479 | #263 |
| 1939 | 23 | 421 | 444 | #265 |
| 1938 | 33 | 449 | 482 | #256 |
| 1937 | 27 | 434 | 461 | #259 |
| 1936 | 27 | 431 | 458 | #259 |
| 1935 | 20 | 414 | 434 | #266 |
| 1934 | 19 | 457 | 476 | #253 |
| 1933 | 23 | 476 | 499 | #239 |
| 1932 | 25 | 462 | 487 | #253 |
| 1931 | 19 | 424 | 443 | #264 |
| 1930 | 13 | 417 | 430 | #278 |
| 1929 | 24 | 378 | 402 | #287 |
| 1928 | 15 | 388 | 403 | #286 |
| 1927 | 21 | 313 | 334 | #324 |
| 1926 | 25 | 311 | 336 | #324 |
| 1925 | 18 | 262 | 280 | #367 |
| 1924 | 15 | 292 | 307 | #344 |
| 1923 | 19 | 277 | 296 | #357 |
| 1922 | 10 | 233 | 243 | #394 |
| 1921 | 7 | 275 | 282 | #363 |
| 1920 | 7 | 238 | 245 | #387 |
| 1919 | 18 | 239 | 257 | #375 |
| 1918 | 11 | 260 | 271 | #362 |
| 1917 | 6 | 181 | 187 | #420 |
| 1916 | 7 | 146 | 153 | #476 |
| 1915 | 5 | 132 | 137 | #487 |
| 1914 | — | 80 | 80 | #560 |
| 1913 | 9 | 37 | 46 | #788 |
| 1912 | 6 | 55 | 61 | #546 |
| 1911 | 8 | 21 | 29 | #704 |
| 1910 | — | 23 | 23 | #617 |
| 1909 | — | 16 | 16 | #711 |
| 1908 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #821 |
| 1907 | — | 20 | 20 | #556 |
| 1906 | 8 | 17 | 25 | #589 |
| 1905 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #506 |
| 1904 | — | 17 | 17 | #565 |
| 1903 | — | 14 | 14 | #616 |
| 1902 | — | 11 | 11 | #741 |
| 1901 | — | 15 | 15 | #535 |
| 1900 | — | 16 | 16 | #648 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1897 | — | 7 | 7 | #933 |
| 1890 | — | 6 | 6 | #993 |