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Boy name

Theodore

Theodore holds the #4 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular boy names in the U.S. That amounts to 13,355 newborn boys in a single year. The name is on the way up, moving from #23 in 2020 to #4 today. Its strongest year on record was 2024 (#4 nationally, 12,069 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1880. The name's biggest fan base is in Wyoming (#1 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#4
among boy names
Trend
Rising
last 5 years
All-time peak
#4
in 2024 (2020s)
Babies in 2025
13,355
boys named Theodore

Theodore popularity, 1880–2025

0.21%0.42%0.63%0.84%18801900192019401960198020002020#4 in 2024
Boys — share of U.S. male birthsSource: Social Security Administration, 1880–2025

Where Theodore is most popular

Alaska: #2 (45 boys, 1.98% of boys born 2025)AKMaine: #1 (83 boys, 2.16% of boys born 2025)MEVermont: #2 (34 boys, 2.81% of boys born 2025)VTNew Hampshire: #1 (101 boys, 2.24% of boys born 2025)NHWashington: #4 (372 boys, 1.13% of boys born 2025)WAIdaho: #2 (124 boys, 1.44% of boys born 2025)IDMontana: #4 (45 boys, 1.20% of boys born 2025)MTNorth Dakota: #2 (49 boys, 1.46% of boys born 2025)NDMinnesota: #1 (339 boys, 1.38% of boys born 2025)MNWisconsin: #2 (323 boys, 1.38% of boys born 2025)WIMichigan: #1 (490 boys, 1.22% of boys born 2025)MINew York: #3 (738 boys, 0.87% of boys born 2025)NYMassachusetts: #4 (358 boys, 1.32% of boys born 2025)MARhode Island: #4 (52 boys, 1.66% of boys born 2025)RIOregon: #2 (188 boys, 1.25% of boys born 2025)ORNevada: #17 (76 boys, 0.67% of boys born 2025)NVWyoming: #1 (27 boys, 2.48% of boys born 2025)WYSouth Dakota: #6 (47 boys, 1.22% of boys born 2025)SDIowa: #3 (176 boys, 1.27% of boys born 2025)IAIllinois: #4 (537 boys, 1.08% of boys born 2025)ILIndiana: #3 (366 boys, 1.16% of boys born 2025)INOhio: #2 (611 boys, 1.16% of boys born 2025)OHPennsylvania: #3 (549 boys, 1.05% of boys born 2025)PANew Jersey: #8 (338 boys, 0.85% of boys born 2025)NJConnecticut: #3 (182 boys, 1.38% of boys born 2025)CTCalifornia: #13 (1211 boys, 0.69% of boys born 2025)CAUtah: #3 (221 boys, 1.12% of boys born 2025)UTColorado: #2 (373 boys, 1.39% of boys born 2025)CONebraska: #2 (128 boys, 1.45% of boys born 2025)NEMissouri: #2 (393 boys, 1.41% of boys born 2025)MOKentucky: #6 (191 boys, 0.93% of boys born 2025)KYWest Virginia: #9 (60 boys, 0.97% of boys born 2025)WVVirginia: #3 (392 boys, 1.05% of boys born 2025)VAMaryland: #4 (214 boys, 0.93% of boys born 2025)MDDelaware: #6 (35 boys, 1.19% of boys born 2025)DEArizona: #8 (268 boys, 0.82% of boys born 2025)AZNew Mexico: #13 (53 boys, 0.82% of boys born 2025)NMKansas: #1 (183 boys, 1.30% of boys born 2025)KSArkansas: #10 (106 boys, 0.84% of boys born 2025)ARTennessee: #7 (323 boys, 0.88% of boys born 2025)TNNorth Carolina: #8 (425 boys, 0.83% of boys born 2025)NCSouth Carolina: #9 (178 boys, 0.84% of boys born 2025)SCDistrict of Columbia: #2 (53 boys, 2.10% of boys born 2025)DCOklahoma: #4 (177 boys, 1.00% of boys born 2025)OKLouisiana: #13 (119 boys, 0.62% of boys born 2025)LAMississippi: #86 (31 boys, 0.29% of boys born 2025)MSAlabama: #15 (143 boys, 0.66% of boys born 2025)ALGeorgia: #9 (315 boys, 0.63% of boys born 2025)GAHawaii: #8 (38 boys, 1.30% of boys born 2025)HITexas: #26 (865 boys, 0.49% of boys born 2025)TXFlorida: #14 (610 boys, 0.64% of boys born 2025)FL
Share of boys born in 2025:low → highno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: Vermont (#2), Wyoming (#1), New Hampshire (#1)
Uniqueness score
Ultra popular
3
/ 100
everywhereone of a kind

You'll meet plenty of them — a true chart-topper.

Based on how many babies per birth were named Theodore in the most recent year of SSA data.

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