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.

Theordore

#8,124 most common boys' name of all time · #20,483 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1913–2023

Rank among boys
#8,124
Rank overall
#20,483 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
412
Since 2016
11
Peak year
1920 #2,439
Best rank
#2,439 1920
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
192019401960198020002020

Theordore first appears in 1913. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 — 5 5 #12,378
2022 — 6 6 #10,965
1993 — 5 5 #8,852
1990 — 7 7 #6,523
1987 — 5 5 #7,135
1985 — 6 6 #5,896
1983 — 5 5 #6,421
1981 — 6 6 #5,615
1979 — 7 7 #4,950
1978 — 5 5 #5,948
1977 — 6 6 #5,278
1974 — 5 5 #5,383
1973 — 11 11 #3,086
1972 — 5 5 #5,167
1970 — 7 7 #3,952
1969 — 6 6 #4,083
1967 — 7 7 #3,357
1966 — 5 5 #4,145
1965 — 6 6 #3,670
1964 — 12 12 #2,480
1963 — 11 11 #2,605
1962 — 12 12 #2,448
1961 — 9 9 #3,003
1960 — 5 5 #4,247
1959 — 8 8 #3,166
1958 — 8 8 #3,151
1957 — 8 8 #3,146
1956 — 8 8 #3,096
1955 — 11 11 #2,512
1953 — 7 7 #3,288
1952 — 10 10 #2,623
1951 — 8 8 #2,971
1949 — 5 5 #3,913
1947 — 6 6 #3,560
1946 — 6 6 #3,361
1945 — 6 6 #3,189
1943 — 5 5 #3,775
1942 — 6 6 #3,402
1941 — 5 5 #3,757
1939 — 9 9 #2,557
1937 — 7 7 #3,063
1934 — 6 6 #3,491
1933 — 5 5 #3,870
1932 — 5 5 #4,004
1931 — 8 8 #3,019
1930 — 6 6 #3,799
1928 — 9 9 #3,002
1927 — 6 6 #3,980
1926 — 9 9 #3,060
1925 — 10 10 #2,878
1924 — 6 6 #4,063
1923 — 7 7 #3,641
1921 — 8 8 #3,381
1920 — 13 13 #2,439
1919 — 7 7 #3,585
1918 — 7 7 #3,553
1915 — 8 8 #3,002
1913 — 5 5 #3,239