Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Theodore

#115 most common boys' name of all time · #243 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#115
Rank overall
#243 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
318,175
Since 2016
91,528
Peak year
2025 #4
Best rank
#4 2024
Girls Boys peak 13,362/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Theodore is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 13,355 13,362 #4
2024 13 12,069 12,082 #4
2023 11 11,093 11,104 #7
2022 15 10,824 10,839 #10
2021 8 9,600 9,608 #10
2020 14 8,638 8,652 #23
2019 7 7,896 7,903 #36
2018 — 7,088 7,088 #44
2017 — 5,973 5,973 #61
2016 7 4,910 4,917 #83
2015 — 4,155 4,155 #99
2014 — 3,228 3,228 #126
2013 — 2,429 2,429 #167
2012 5 1,945 1,950 #194
2011 — 1,573 1,573 #230
2010 — 1,333 1,333 #258
2009 — 1,239 1,239 #276
2008 — 1,139 1,139 #293
2007 — 1,137 1,137 #300
2006 — 1,133 1,133 #295
2005 — 1,095 1,095 #299
2004 — 1,005 1,005 #313
2003 — 964 964 #309
2002 — 975 975 #300
2001 — 935 935 #306
2000 — 934 934 #312
1999 — 913 913 #314
1998 — 984 984 #289
1997 — 956 956 #291
1996 — 905 905 #294
1995 — 956 956 #284
1994 — 941 941 #292
1993 — 1,036 1,036 #277
1992 — 1,093 1,093 #259
1991 — 1,098 1,098 #251
1990 — 1,231 1,231 #233
1989 — 1,293 1,293 #216
1988 9 1,239 1,248 #211
1987 11 1,218 1,229 #206
1986 13 1,256 1,269 #200
1985 16 1,211 1,227 #200
1984 5 1,069 1,074 #213
1983 11 1,156 1,167 #206
1982 6 1,189 1,195 #207
1981 11 1,133 1,144 #218
1980 6 1,194 1,200 #206
1979 7 1,238 1,245 #198
1978 12 1,212 1,224 #195
1977 8 1,223 1,231 #194
1976 13 1,174 1,187 #189
1975 5 1,197 1,202 #189
1974 19 1,269 1,288 #180
1973 8 1,342 1,350 #175
1972 — 1,419 1,419 #175
1971 11 1,664 1,675 #166
1970 8 1,829 1,837 #160
1969 12 1,945 1,957 #153
1968 5 1,887 1,892 #149
1967 13 1,854 1,867 #149
1966 7 1,905 1,912 #149
1965 7 2,140 2,147 #143
1964 10 2,169 2,179 #152
1963 9 2,387 2,396 #142
1962 12 2,316 2,328 #146
1961 15 2,303 2,318 #151
1960 11 2,382 2,393 #149
1959 8 2,399 2,407 #146
1958 15 2,503 2,518 #140
1957 8 2,760 2,768 #132
1956 5 2,955 2,960 #119
1955 7 2,976 2,983 #120
1954 13 3,074 3,087 #115
1953 13 2,937 2,950 #112
1952 10 3,270 3,280 #100
1951 7 3,216 3,223 #99
1950 8 2,960 2,968 #99
1949 6 3,041 3,047 #100
1948 11 2,830 2,841 #104
1947 5 2,928 2,933 #102
1946 6 2,612 2,618 #101
1945 6 2,347 2,353 #101
1944 11 2,574 2,585 #96
1943 5 2,616 2,621 #96
1942 6 2,665 2,671 #91
1941 5 2,330 2,335 #95
1940 7 2,306 2,313 #90
1939 11 2,196 2,207 #90
1938 9 2,360 2,369 #84
1937 11 2,317 2,328 #86
1936 9 2,219 2,228 #87
1935 6 2,433 2,439 #79
1934 18 2,523 2,541 #74
1933 12 2,611 2,623 #68
1932 15 2,674 2,689 #67
1931 20 2,666 2,686 #70
1930 20 2,958 2,978 #67
1929 30 2,903 2,933 #65
1928 25 2,916 2,941 #66
1927 24 3,124 3,148 #62
1926 17 3,129 3,146 #63
1925 15 3,226 3,241 #63
1924 15 3,225 3,240 #65
1923 19 3,157 3,176 #62
1922 14 3,216 3,230 #62
1921 7 3,172 3,179 #65
1920 16 3,219 3,235 #63
1919 17 3,424 3,441 #54
1918 16 3,143 3,159 #64
1917 11 2,809 2,820 #63
1916 8 2,641 2,649 #65
1915 7 2,504 2,511 #64
1914 7 1,929 1,936 #64
1913 6 1,650 1,656 #60
1912 8 1,561 1,569 #52
1911 10 753 763 #56
1910 8 692 700 #54
1909 8 595 603 #51
1908 5 643 648 #47
1907 — 712 712 #38
1906 5 688 693 #38
1905 — 834 834 #33
1904 — 834 834 #30
1903 5 663 668 #36
1902 — 642 642 #34
1901 6 450 456 #43
1900 — 429 429 #61
1899 — 252 252 #78
1898 — 281 281 #75
1897 — 215 215 #85
1896 — 241 241 #83
1895 — 208 208 #93
1894 — 241 241 #82
1893 — 209 209 #90
1892 — 239 239 #82
1891 — 224 224 #76
1890 — 190 190 #89
1889 — 231 231 #76
1888 — 249 249 #80
1887 — 201 201 #82
1886 — 258 258 #69
1885 — 199 199 #84
1884 — 211 211 #81
1883 — 185 185 #81
1882 — 232 232 #75
1881 — 178 178 #78
1880 — 232 232 #70