Teddy
#2,957 for girls in 2025, 56 births · #819 for boys in 2025, 301 births
Given to boys 95.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1933 · 476 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 33,627since 1890
Teddy over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,957 | 56 | #819 | 301 |
| 2024 | #3,459 | 45 | #891 | 265 |
| 2023 | #2,757 | 62 | #992 | 222 |
| 2022 | #3,536 | 44 | #1,042 | 212 |
| 2021 | #3,883 | 38 | #1,168 | 169 |
| 2020 | #4,757 | 27 | #1,325 | 135 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 | #1,441 | 121 |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | #1,638 | 99 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #1,630 | 97 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #1,799 | 84 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #1,703 | 91 |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | #1,979 | 72 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #2,065 | 65 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #2,132 | 63 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | #1,988 | 69 |
| 2010 | — | #1,986 | 69 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,839 | 80 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,948 | 73 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #1,928 | 73 |
| 2006 | — | #1,769 | 78 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,725 | 77 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #1,815 | 68 |
| 2003 | — | #1,591 | 79 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #1,596 | 76 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #1,441 | 86 |
| 2000 | — | #1,401 | 89 | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #1,277 | 96 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #1,301 | 91 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #1,089 | 116 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #977 | 129 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #1,187 | 95 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #1,013 | 120 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #983 | 121 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #952 | 127 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #845 | 151 |
| 1990 | — | #790 | 165 | |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #778 | 163 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #671 | 199 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #672 | 185 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #653 | 187 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #723 | 149 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #685 | 160 |
| 1983 | — | #613 | 195 | |
| 1982 | — | #579 | 220 | |
| 1981 | — | #541 | 241 | |
| 1980 | — | #539 | 251 | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #485 | 291 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #527 | 244 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #476 | 287 |
| 1976 | — | #461 | 289 | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #480 | 277 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #485 | 270 |
| 1973 | — | #479 | 269 | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #435 | 333 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #415 | 372 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #421 | 377 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #368 | 448 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #357 | 470 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #352 | 451 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #334 | 512 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #329 | 524 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #332 | 556 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #336 | 548 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #330 | 571 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #318 | 609 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | #321 | 591 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #324 | 574 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | #324 | 565 |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 | #322 | 568 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #313 | 562 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 | #337 | 486 |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 | #331 | 477 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | #310 | 533 |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | #306 | 540 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 | #289 | 562 |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 | #289 | 549 |
| 1949 | #1,967 | 24 | #264 | 613 |
| 1948 | #1,648 | 32 | #296 | 538 |
| 1947 | #1,602 | 35 | #307 | 509 |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 | #272 | 553 |
| 1945 | #1,175 | 45 | #276 | 472 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 | #265 | 505 |
| 1943 | #1,048 | 58 | #269 | 504 |
| 1942 | #1,325 | 37 | #260 | 516 |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 | #253 | 484 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 | #263 | 451 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 | #265 | 421 |
| 1938 | #1,268 | 33 | #256 | 449 |
| 1937 | #1,416 | 27 | #258 | 434 |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 | #259 | 431 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | #266 | 414 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 | #253 | 457 |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 | #239 | 476 |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 | #251 | 462 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 | #264 | 424 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #278 | 417 |
| 1929 | #1,598 | 24 | #286 | 378 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | #286 | 388 |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 | #324 | 313 |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 | #324 | 311 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | #366 | 262 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | #341 | 292 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | #355 | 277 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #391 | 233 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #363 | 275 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #387 | 238 |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | #374 | 239 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #362 | 260 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #419 | 181 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #475 | 146 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #485 | 132 |
| 1914 | — | #555 | 80 | |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #777 | 37 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #539 | 55 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #689 | 21 |
| 1910 | — | #598 | 23 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | — | #540 | 20 | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | #568 | 17 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #491 | 21 |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #595 | 14 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #623 | 16 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Teddy! It came in at #884, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1896, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Teddy is popular in 1911
No state had 5 or more boys named Teddy in 1911, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Teddy
- 72 spots since 2024 (#891 → #819)
- 506 spots since 2020 (#1,325 → #819)
- 884 spots since 2015 (#1,703 → #819)
- Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1914 (#777 → #555)
- Biggest drop: 269 spots in 1898 (#852 → #1,121)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1933 at #239 (476 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 49 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1900–1993
- Highest: 1 in 2,083 boys born in 1933 were named Teddy (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,675 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 16.1% of all boys named Teddy (5,416) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 18 | #852 (1897) | #952 |
| 1900s | 159 | #491 (1905) | #601 |
| 1910s | 1,174 | #362 (1918) | #527 |
| 1920s | 2,967 | #286 (1928) | #342 |
| 1930s | 4,385 | #239 (1933) | #259 |
| 1940s | 5,145 | #253 (1941) | #273 |
| 1950s | 5,416 | #289 (1951) | #315 |
| 1960s | 5,280 | #318 (1961) | #338 |
| 1970s | 3,009 | #415 (1971) | #466 |
| 1980s | 1,950 | #539 (1980) | #645 |
| 1990s | 1,211 | #790 (1990) | #1,041 |
| 2000s | 779 | #1,401 (2000) | #1,705 |
| 2010s | 830 | #1,441 (2019) | #1,836 |
| 2020s | 1,304 | #819 (2025) | #1,040 |
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.
Teddy in 1911
Top girls' names in 1911
Top boys' names in 1911
More about 1911
girls
418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 52,289 of them was named Teddy, which outranked 37.5% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,656Weltha9
- #1,656Wilna9
- #1,656Zara9
- #1,792Teddy8
- #1,792Adel8
- #1,792Ailene8
- #1,792Albirta8
- #1,956Adabelle7
- #1,956Adelyne7
- #1,956Adrian7
Tied with 163 names at #1,792; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 10,760 of them was named Teddy, which outranked 65.5% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).