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 | — | — | ||
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| 1894 | — | — | ||
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| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
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| 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 1923
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Jersey#160 · 1 in 1,846
- Connecticut#186 · 1 in 2,386
- Illinois#191 · 1 in 1,682
- Michigan#207 · 1 in 1,898
- New York#210 · 1 in 2,357
Best ever in a state: #99 in West Virginia, 1937.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #160 | 16 | 1 in 1,846 |
| Connecticut | #186 | 5 | 1 in 2,386 |
| Illinois | #191 | 34 | 1 in 1,682 |
| Michigan | #207 | 19 | 1 in 1,898 |
| New York | #210 | 40 | 1 in 2,357 |
| Massachusetts | #244 | 9 | 1 in 3,830 |
| Missouri | #267 | 11 | 1 in 2,654 |
| West Virginia | #289 | 7 | 1 in 2,460 |
| Kansas | #301 | 5 | 1 in 3,257 |
| Indiana | #308 | 6 | 1 in 4,313 |
| Ohio | #310 | 11 | 1 in 4,743 |
| Oklahoma | #314 | 8 | 1 in 2,804 |
| Arkansas | #317 | 7 | 1 in 2,527 |
| Pennsylvania | #324 | 15 | 1 in 5,890 |
| Kentucky | #377 | 7 | 1 in 3,689 |
| California | #418 | 7 | 1 in 4,828 |
| Tennessee | #429 | 5 | 1 in 4,839 |
| Texas | #474 | 13 | 1 in 3,998 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
girls
1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 63,493 of them was named Teddy, which outranked 64.8% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,944Verlene20
- #1,944Vicie20
- #1,944Zeta20
- #2,021Teddy19
- #2,021Albena19
- #2,021Almena19
- #2,021Ardeth19
- #2,091Altie18
- #2,091Angel18
- #2,091Berdine18
Tied with 69 names at #2,021; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 3,957 of them was named Teddy, which outranked 92.8% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).