Thedore
Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,136since 1902
Thedore over time
Rank among boys' names. Thedore has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
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| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
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| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #1,904 | 16 |
| 1950 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #1,616 | 21 |
| 1948 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | #1,445 | 21 |
| 1944 | #1,438 | 22 |
| 1943 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #1,381 | 25 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,439 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #1,243 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,453 | 22 |
| 1934 | #1,425 | 23 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #1,489 | 22 |
| 1930 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1929 | #1,195 | 34 |
| 1928 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1927 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #1,432 | 26 |
| 1925 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1924 | #1,532 | 25 |
| 1923 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1922 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #1,505 | 25 |
| 1919 | #1,264 | 31 |
| 1918 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #778 | 12 |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Thedore! It came in at #1,013, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1904, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Thedore is popular in 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#278 · 1 in 2,312
Best ever in a state: #278 in Florida, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Florida | #278 | 5 | 1 in 2,312 |
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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 Thedore
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1903 (#1,013 → #734)
- Biggest drop: 243 spots in 1908 (#778 → #1,021)
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 1903 at #734 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1905–1907
- Highest: 1 in 11,923 boys born in 1903 were named Thedore (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 21.3% of all boys named Thedore (242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 63 | #734 (1903) | #899 |
| 1910s | 151 | #1,264 (1919) | #1,611 |
| 1920s | 242 | #1,195 (1929) | #1,612 |
| 1930s | 215 | #1,243 (1936) | #1,519 |
| 1940s | 177 | #1,381 (1942) | #1,756 |
| 1950s | 152 | #1,722 (1956) | #2,069 |
| 1960s | 80 | #2,148 (1961) | #2,994 |
| 1970s | 33 | #3,370 (1971) | #4,312 |
| 1980s | 17 | #5,484 (1983) | #5,978 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,863 (2022) | #10,863 |
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.
Thedore in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
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1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 31,636 of them was named Thedore, which outranked 73.7% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,173Watson35
- #1,173Wendall35
- #1,173Ygnacio35
- #1,195Thedore34
- #1,195Acie34
- #1,195Akira34
- #1,195Arland34
- #1,214Alma33
- #1,214Alvah33
- #1,214Amador33
Tied with 18 names at #1,195; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.