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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #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 2020

girls
#4,757
27 births · 1 in 59,872 girls
boys
#1,325
135 births · 1 in 12,786 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #4,757Teddy27

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #1,325Teddy135
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 59,872 of them was named Teddy, which outranked 72.9% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Teddy
  1. #4,648Zamari28
  2. #4,648Zenovia28
  3. #4,648Zyaire28
  4. #4,757Teddy27
  5. #4,757Acelyn27
  6. #4,757Adalaide27
  7. #4,757Allure27
  8. #4,880Adaliah26
  9. #4,880Aeryn26
  10. #4,880Ahsoka26

Tied with 122 names at #4,757; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

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

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 12,786 of them was named Teddy, which outranked 90.6% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Teddy
  1. #1,320Izayah136
  2. #1,320Ren136
  3. #1,320Ross136
  4. #1,325Teddy135
  5. #1,325Barry135
  6. #1,325Carlo135
  7. #1,325Clarence135
  8. #1,335Asaiah134
  9. #1,335Aydan134
  10. #1,335Elvis134

Tied with 9 names at #1,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →