Theodora
#725 for girls in 2025, 384 births · Last seen for boys in 1957 at #3,552
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 18 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,654since 1880
Theodora over time
Rank among girls' names. Theodora has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | #725 | 384 | — | |
| 2024 | #811 | 346 | — | |
| 2023 | #776 | 363 | — | |
| 2022 | #688 | 426 | — | |
| 2021 | #737 | 387 | — | |
| 2020 | #835 | 328 | — | |
| 2019 | #853 | 314 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,406 | 159 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,889 | 107 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,884 | 108 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,294 | 81 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,213 | 85 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,020 | 96 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,632 | 68 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,838 | 61 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,409 | 47 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,561 | 45 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,859 | 41 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,482 | 47 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,316 | 49 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,587 | 41 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,391 | 44 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,923 | 52 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,069 | 47 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,121 | 44 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,812 | 48 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,614 | 52 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,672 | 46 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,394 | 54 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,541 | 49 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,241 | 58 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,830 | 42 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,097 | 36 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,900 | 39 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,658 | 42 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,199 | 49 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,079 | 51 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,137 | 49 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,382 | 40 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,272 | 42 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,492 | 38 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,614 | 35 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,342 | 41 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,741 | 30 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,381 | 37 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,060 | 42 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,935 | 46 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,772 | 50 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,666 | 54 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,627 | 55 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,730 | 52 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,017 | 41 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,591 | 56 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,812 | 43 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,316 | 69 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,291 | 70 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,390 | 63 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,198 | 85 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,271 | 75 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,212 | 83 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,176 | 88 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,192 | 83 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,005 | 110 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,112 | 90 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,144 | 85 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #1,002 | 104 | — | |
| 1955 | #999 | 100 | — | |
| 1954 | #958 | 102 | — | |
| 1953 | #867 | 117 | — | |
| 1952 | #811 | 125 | — | |
| 1951 | #882 | 104 | — | |
| 1950 | #869 | 104 | — | |
| 1949 | #737 | 134 | — | |
| 1948 | #738 | 131 | — | |
| 1947 | #708 | 143 | — | |
| 1946 | #723 | 125 | — | |
| 1945 | #604 | 142 | — | |
| 1944 | #620 | 140 | — | |
| 1943 | #639 | 141 | — | |
| 1942 | #538 | 189 | — | |
| 1941 | #595 | 140 | — | |
| 1940 | #626 | 126 | — | |
| 1939 | #583 | 131 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #565 | 146 | — | |
| 1937 | #509 | 167 | — | |
| 1936 | #876 | 60 | — | |
| 1935 | #723 | 86 | — | |
| 1934 | #736 | 82 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #683 | 90 | — | |
| 1932 | #616 | 115 | — | |
| 1931 | #640 | 108 | — | |
| 1930 | #646 | 114 | — | |
| 1929 | #576 | 141 | — | |
| 1928 | #578 | 150 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #571 | 156 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #624 | 131 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #583 | 153 | — | |
| 1924 | #546 | 177 | — | |
| 1923 | #571 | 158 | — | |
| 1922 | #539 | 172 | — | |
| 1921 | #521 | 184 | — | |
| 1920 | #536 | 175 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #608 | 133 | — | |
| 1918 | #546 | 166 | — | |
| 1917 | #601 | 129 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #612 | 122 | — | |
| 1915 | #565 | 129 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #656 | 78 | — | |
| 1913 | #544 | 87 | — | |
| 1912 | #639 | 60 | — | |
| 1911 | #605 | 50 | — | |
| 1910 | #672 | 40 | — | |
| 1909 | #594 | 42 | — | |
| 1908 | #503 | 52 | — | |
| 1907 | #614 | 37 | — | |
| 1906 | #549 | 41 | — | |
| 1905 | #547 | 40 | — | |
| 1904 | #529 | 39 | — | |
| 1903 | #680 | 24 | — | |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 | — | |
| 1901 | #747 | 19 | — | |
| 1900 | #742 | 24 | — | |
| 1899 | #814 | 16 | — | |
| 1898 | #597 | 29 | — | |
| 1897 | #699 | 20 | — | |
| 1896 | #688 | 21 | — | |
| 1895 | #565 | 28 | — | |
| 1894 | #664 | 20 | — | |
| 1893 | #767 | 15 | — | |
| 1892 | #590 | 22 | — | |
| 1891 | #541 | 23 | — | |
| 1890 | #508 | 26 | — | |
| 1889 | #600 | 18 | — | |
| 1888 | #593 | 18 | — | |
| 1887 | #661 | 12 | — | |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #500 | 18 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | #518 | 11 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Theodora was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Theodora
- 86 spots since 2024 (#811 → #725)
- 110 spots since 2020 (#835 → #725)
- 1,569 spots since 2015 (#2,294 → #725)
- Biggest jump: 553 spots in 2019 (#1,406 → #853)
- Biggest drop: 351 spots in 1884 (#579 → #930)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #500 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1883–1955
- Highest: 1 in 3,850 girls born in 2022 were named Theodora (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,186 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #500 in 1885, was only 1 in 7,392 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.7% of all girls named Theodora (2,234) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 107 | #500 (1885) | #671 |
| 1890s | 220 | #508 (1890) | #643 |
| 1900s | 342 | #503 (1908) | #619 |
| 1910s | 994 | #544 (1913) | #605 |
| 1920s | 1,597 | #521 (1921) | #565 |
| 1930s | 1,099 | #509 (1937) | #658 |
| 1940s | 1,411 | #538 (1942) | #653 |
| 1950s | 1,041 | #811 (1952) | #965 |
| 1960s | 715 | #1,176 (1961) | #1,345 |
| 1970s | 436 | #1,627 (1972) | #2,086 |
| 1980s | 428 | #2,079 (1986) | #2,377 |
| 1990s | 457 | #2,241 (1993) | #2,755 |
| 2000s | 447 | #2,923 (2003) | #3,386 |
| 2010s | 1,126 | #853 (2019) | #2,144 |
| 2020s | 2,234 | #688 (2022) | #762 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Theodora in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 8,382 of them was named Theodora, which outranked 88.7% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 185,096 of them was named Theodora, which outranked 13.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 621 names at #3,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.