Theophilus
#2,390 for boys in 2025, 57 births
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,448since 1882
Theophilus over time
Rank among boys' names. Theophilus has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,390 | 57 |
| 2024 | #2,210 | 65 |
| 2023 | #2,244 | 63 |
| 2022 | #2,150 | 68 |
| 2021 | #2,819 | 44 |
| 2020 | #2,806 | 43 |
| 2019 | #2,897 | 42 |
| 2018 | #2,579 | 49 |
| 2017 | #2,951 | 40 |
| 2016 | #2,587 | 48 |
| 2015 | #3,299 | 34 |
| 2014 | #2,929 | 39 |
| 2013 | #2,955 | 38 |
| 2012 | #3,115 | 36 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #4,901 | 19 |
| 2007 | #3,893 | 26 |
| 2006 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #3,815 | 24 |
| 2004 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #3,366 | 27 |
| 2002 | #4,044 | 20 |
| 2001 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #3,279 | 24 |
| 1998 | #3,191 | 24 |
| 1997 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #1,670 | 32 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #2,052 | 20 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #1,809 | 19 |
| 1966 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #2,033 | 16 |
| 1958 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1956 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | #1,572 | 24 |
| 1954 | #1,435 | 28 |
| 1953 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #1,665 | 21 |
| 1951 | #1,643 | 21 |
| 1950 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #1,460 | 25 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,355 | 30 |
| 1923 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #1,412 | 28 |
| 1920 | #1,694 | 21 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1917 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
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| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Theophilus! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Theophilus is popular in 2022
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Colorado#801 · 1 in 5,091
- California#2,230 · 1 in 31,522
- Texas#2,593 · 1 in 35,742
Best ever in a state: #455 in Georgia, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Colorado | #801 | 5 | 1 in 5,091 |
| California | #2,230 | 6 | 1 in 31,522 |
| Texas | #2,593 | 5 | 1 in 35,742 |
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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 Theophilus
- 180 spots since 2024 (#2,210 → #2,390)
- 416 spots since 2020 (#2,806 → #2,390)
- 909 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #2,390)
- Biggest jump: 35 spots in 1885 (#971 → #936)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1885 at #936 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1884–1885
- Highest: 1 in 17,745 boys born in 1901 were named Theophilus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 29,966 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #936 in 1885, was only 1 in 21,560 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 14.7% of all boys named Theophilus (360) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 20 | #936 (1885) | #970 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 25 | #943 (1901) | #1,091 |
| 1910s | 156 | #1,190 (1911) | #1,565 |
| 1920s | 191 | #1,355 (1924) | #1,894 |
| 1930s | 135 | #1,643 (1931) | #2,059 |
| 1940s | 152 | #1,460 (1948) | #2,007 |
| 1950s | 214 | #1,435 (1954) | #1,698 |
| 1960s | 146 | #1,809 (1967) | #2,175 |
| 1970s | 175 | #1,670 (1977) | #2,469 |
| 1980s | 157 | #2,270 (1981) | #3,100 |
| 1990s | 173 | #3,160 (1997) | #3,905 |
| 2000s | 204 | #3,366 (2003) | #4,366 |
| 2010s | 360 | #2,579 (2018) | #3,377 |
| 2020s | 340 | #2,150 (2022) | #2,437 |
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.
Theophilus in 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 25,677 of them was named Theophilus, which outranked 85.0% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,136Nicolai69
- #2,136Wynn69
- #2,136Yusef69
- #2,150Theophilus68
- #2,150Arley68
- #2,150Atharva68
- #2,150Braelyn68
- #2,168Abbas67
- #2,168Addison67
- #2,168Breck67
Tied with 17 names at #2,150; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.