Theadore

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
1905 · 17 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,005
since 1880

Theadore over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Theadore has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #574, 1905boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#9,8947
2023#12,2395
2022#10,8636
2021#8,8258
2020#12,0225
2019#12,1455
2018#12,1565
2017#8,8408
2016—
2015#8,7448
2014—
2013—
2012#10,7706
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008#12,5535
2007#12,3675
2006—
2005#9,1157
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001#10,5565
2000#9,1126
1999#7,8747
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995#6,9927
1994#5,8689
1993#5,7719
1992#5,6609
1991#5,5219
1990—
1989#3,80914
1988#5,7517
1987#4,23910
1986#6,7215
1985#4,05210
1984#3,45912
1983#3,41112
1982#4,5938
1981#2,49619
1980#3,25613
1979#3,16813
1978#2,66916
1977#2,20221
1976#2,70915
1975#3,6599
1974#3,5589
1973#2,03620
1972#2,08019
1971#1,82324
1970#1,58229
1969#1,49229
1968#1,61424
1967#1,85318
1966#1,34532
1965#1,27136
1964#1,35034
1963#1,40331
1962#1,18743
1961#1,23341
1960#1,34135
1959#1,32435
1958#1,07151
1957#1,15145
1956#1,04552
1955#95761
1954#1,06849
1953#86868
1952#88363
1951#91958
1950#93454
1949#1,01347
1948#97251
1947#86165
1946#98047
1945#88451
1944#86154
1943#78170
1942#76071
1941#79862
1940#70274
1939#82954
1938#69476
1937#79360
1936#64481
1935#82257
1934#72272
1933#71072
1932#74670
1931#68876
1930#67885
1929#80664
1928#76771
1927#66891
1926#72677
1925#69087
1924#72683
1923#81568
1922#76674
1921#75078
1920#74477
1919#78368
1918#75373
1917#83958
1916#89249
1915#78559
1914#94934
1913#83533
1912#81629
1911#85615
1910#1,04510
1909#59020
1908#68515
1907#63416
1906#9278
1905#57417
1904#58715
1903#69611
1902#65112
1901#68310
1900#69913
1899#1,0515
1898#70110
1897#1,0575
1896#9007
1895—
1894#1,0745
1893#9076
1892—
1891—
1890—
1889#7897
1888—
1887—
1886#7587
1885#9365
1884#61310
1883#7207
1882#8376
1881—
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Theadore was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Theadore is popular in 1939

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #364 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,523 boysNCSouth Carolina: #275 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,550 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Theadore, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#275 · 1 in 2,550
  2. North Carolina#364 · 1 in 4,523

Best ever in a state: #210 in Washington, 1925.

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North Carolina#36481 in 4,523
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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 Theadore
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2,114 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #12,008)
  • 14 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #12,008)
  • 3,264 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 356 spots in 1898 (#1,057 → #701)
  • Biggest drop: 455 spots in 1910 (#590 → #1,045)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1905 at #574 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1911–1948
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,783
  • Highest: 1 in 7,783 boys born in 1905 were named Theadore (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.2% of all boys named Theadore (770) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s47#613 (1884)#795
1890s38#701 (1898)#948
1900s137#574 (1905)#673
1910s428#753 (1918)#855
1920s770#668 (1927)#746
1930s703#644 (1936)#733
1940s592#702 (1940)#861
1950s536#868 (1953)#1,022
1960s323#1,187 (1962)#1,409
1970s175#1,582 (1970)#2,549
1980s110#2,496 (1981)#4,179
1990s50#5,521 (1991)#6,281
2000s28#9,112 (2000)#10,741
2010s32#8,744 (2015)#10,531
2020s36#8,825 (2021)#10,975

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.

Theadore in 1939

boys
#829
54 births · 1 in 20,497 boys

Top boys' names in 1939

  1. #1Robert59,666
  2. #2James59,636
  3. #3John51,025
  4. #4William42,071
  5. #5Richard35,386
  6. #6Charles30,789
  7. #7David25,360
  8. #8Donald24,056
  9. #9Thomas22,129
  10. #10Ronald19,837
  11. #829Theadore54
More about 1939

boys

1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 20,497 of them was named Theadore, which outranked 79.1% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Theadore
  1. #818Nickolas55
  2. #818Rubin55
  3. #818Winfield55
  4. #829Theadore54
  5. #829Aloysius54
  6. #829Bonnie54
  7. #829Bruno54
  8. #836Domenic53
  9. #836Dwaine53
  10. #836Jeffery53

Tied with 6 names at #829; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 463Alfonzo#1,439 → #976
  2. ↑ 447Rod#1,439 → #992
  3. ↑ 443Estel#1,397 → #954
  4. ↑ 422Cameron#1,364 → #942
  5. ↑ 421Turner#1,337 → #916
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Gonzalo#779 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 497Judge#992 → #1,489
  3. ↓ 396Melville#963 → #1,359
  4. ↓ 355Agustin#883 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 351Antone#921 → #1,272

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

See the top 100 for 1939 →