Teddy

#2,957 for girls in 2025, 56 births · #819 for boys in 2025, 301 births
Given to boys 95.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
#239
1933 · 476 births
Debut · boys
1890
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
33,627
since 1890

Teddy over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #1,048, 1943peak #239, 1933girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,95756#819301
2024#3,45945#891265
2023#2,75762#992222
2022#3,53644#1,042212
2021#3,88338#1,168169
2020#4,75727#1,325135
2019#4,77328#1,441121
2018#6,52118#1,63899
2017#8,77612#1,63097
2016#7,98814#1,79984
2015#10,8669#1,70391
2014#6,45119#1,97972
2013#10,23510#2,06565
2012#13,4837#2,13263
2011#9,15012#1,98869
2010—#1,98669
2009—#1,83980
2008—#1,94873
2007#17,6365#1,92873
2006—#1,76978
2005#14,5026#1,72577
2004#16,0995#1,81568
2003—#1,59179
2002#15,4325#1,59676
2001#11,0208#1,44186
2000—#1,40189
1999#12,6886#1,27796
1998#12,4266#1,30191
1997#7,74211#1,089116
1996#7,57411#977129
1995#5,67716#1,18795
1994#7,09712#1,013120
1993#6,62213#983121
1992#8,7349#952127
1991#10,2717#845151
1990—#790165
1989#6,95511#778163
1988#7,6919#671199
1987#5,61313#672185
1986#7,7498#653187
1985#10,6775#723149
1984#6,8109#685160
1983—#613195
1982—#579220
1981—#541241
1980—#539251
1979#6,6969#485291
1978#9,7505#527244
1977#8,4446#476287
1976—#461289
1975#5,51610#480277
1974#8,7755#485270
1973—#479269
1972#5,9598#435333
1971#6,0068#415372
1970#6,3627#421377
1969#5,4568#368448
1968#5,1478#357470
1967#4,30010#352451
1966#4,4939#334512
1965#4,8318#329524
1964#4,35510#332556
1963#4,8968#336548
1962#3,78212#330571
1961#3,60813#318609
1960#3,35714#321591
1959#3,10415#324574
1958#2,50621#324565
1957#2,16826#322568
1956#3,18614#313562
1955#2,28023#337486
1954#2,45020#331477
1953#2,36320#310533
1952#2,20022#306540
1951#1,66533#289562
1950#1,83527#289549
1949#1,96724#264613
1948#1,64832#296538
1947#1,60235#307509
1946#1,80825#272553
1945#1,17545#276472
1944#1,40133#265505
1943#1,04858#269504
1942#1,32537#260516
1941#1,64923#253484
1940#1,44228#263451
1939#1,58523#265421
1938#1,26833#256449
1937#1,41627#258434
1936#1,41327#259431
1935#1,72020#266414
1934#1,77119#253457
1933#1,55223#239476
1932#1,52025#251462
1931#1,80319#264424
1930#2,42513#278417
1929#1,59824#286378
1928#2,28415#286388
1927#1,88521#324313
1926#1,66725#324311
1925#2,11918#366262
1924#2,40915#341292
1923#2,02119#355277
1922#3,15210#391233
1921#4,0237#363275
1920#3,9577#387238
1919#1,98918#374239
1918#2,82211#362260
1917#4,0836#419181
1916#3,5527#475146
1915#4,2745#485132
1914—#55580
1913#2,1649#77737
1912#2,6346#53955
1911#1,7928#68921
1910—#59823
1909—#67916
1908#1,6767#77912
1907—#54020
1906#1,4168#56817
1905#1,9315#49121
1904—#53817
1903—#59514
1902—#68711
1901—#50615
1900—#62316
1899——
1898—#1,1215
1897—#8527
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1890—#8846
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First appearance
1890

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.

See more about Teddy
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1933 at #239 (476 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 49 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 100 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1900–1993
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,083
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 16.1% of all boys named Teddy (5,416) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s18#852 (1897)#952
1900s159#491 (1905)#601
1910s1,174#362 (1918)#527
1920s2,967#286 (1928)#342
1930s4,385#239 (1933)#259
1940s5,145#253 (1941)#273
1950s5,416#289 (1951)#315
1960s5,280#318 (1961)#338
1970s3,009#415 (1971)#466
1980s1,950#539 (1980)#645
1990s1,211#790 (1990)#1,041
2000s779#1,401 (2000)#1,705
2010s830#1,441 (2019)#1,836
2020s1,304#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 1998

girls
#12,426
6 births · 1 in 294,492 girls
boys
#1,301
91 births · 1 in 21,004 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #12,426Teddy6

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #1,301Teddy91
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 294,492 of them was named Teddy, which outranked 25.1% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Teddy
  1. #11,138Zuzanna7
  2. #11,138Zyaire7
  3. #11,138Zyasia7
  4. #12,426Teddy6
  5. #12,426Aailyah6
  6. #12,426Aaisha6
  7. #12,426Aajah6
  8. #14,122Aaleah5
  9. #14,122Aamina5
  10. #14,122Aanisah5

Tied with 1,695 names at #12,426; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 21,004 of them was named Teddy, which outranked 88.5% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Teddy
  1. #1,297Kavon92
  2. #1,297Mohamad92
  3. #1,297Rudolph92
  4. #1,301Teddy91
  5. #1,301Amar91
  6. #1,301Canaan91
  7. #1,301Dave91
  8. #1,322Blayne90
  9. #1,322Canyon90
  10. #1,322Colter90

Tied with 20 names at #1,301; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,736Tyrese#2,347 → #611
  2. ↑ 805Zion#1,499 → #694
  3. ↑ 785Mekhi#1,706 → #921
  4. ↑ 743Tyriq#1,519 → #776
  5. ↑ 741Tavian#1,599 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Coty#918 → #1,347
  2. ↓ 367Anfernee#838 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 326Jessy#962 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 295Mickey#966 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 280Mikal#1,000 → #1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998 →