Tod
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 568 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,707since 1915
Tod over time
Rank among boys' names. Tod has never cracked the top 300 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 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #2,838 | 26 |
| 1995 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #2,502 | 30 |
| 1993 | #2,865 | 24 |
| 1992 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #2,915 | 22 |
| 1990 | #2,214 | 32 |
| 1989 | #2,106 | 33 |
| 1988 | #2,090 | 30 |
| 1987 | #2,115 | 28 |
| 1986 | #2,007 | 29 |
| 1985 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #1,382 | 47 |
| 1983 | #1,748 | 32 |
| 1982 | #1,342 | 49 |
| 1981 | #1,309 | 50 |
| 1980 | #1,496 | 41 |
| 1979 | #1,570 | 37 |
| 1978 | #1,203 | 55 |
| 1977 | #1,245 | 51 |
| 1976 | #1,030 | 65 |
| 1975 | #1,042 | 63 |
| 1974 | #825 | 95 |
| 1973 | #694 | 133 |
| 1972 | #646 | 152 |
| 1971 | #568 | 205 |
| 1970 | #477 | 284 |
| 1969 | #452 | 294 |
| 1968 | #437 | 302 |
| 1967 | #435 | 303 |
| 1966 | #456 | 277 |
| 1965 | #423 | 337 |
| 1964 | #337 | 543 |
| 1963 | #333 | 558 |
| 1962 | #331 | 568 |
| 1961 | #351 | 507 |
| 1960 | #457 | 307 |
| 1959 | #479 | 265 |
| 1958 | #457 | 297 |
| 1957 | #565 | 186 |
| 1956 | #633 | 144 |
| 1955 | #608 | 148 |
| 1954 | #699 | 107 |
| 1953 | #749 | 90 |
| 1952 | #733 | 92 |
| 1951 | #892 | 62 |
| 1950 | #885 | 60 |
| 1949 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 37 |
| 1947 | #1,190 | 37 |
| 1946 | #1,409 | 25 |
| 1945 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,120 | 37 |
| 1942 | #1,496 | 22 |
| 1941 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1940 | #1,227 | 30 |
| 1939 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | — | |
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| 1915 | #2,184 | 12 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Tod! It came in at #2,184, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1923, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Tod is popular in 1953
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#303 · 1 in 6,308
- Wisconsin#329 · 1 in 8,472
- New York#453 · 1 in 10,944
- Ohio#454 · 1 in 11,467
- California#523 · 1 in 10,617
Best ever in a state: #147 in Oregon, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #303 | 6 | 1 in 6,308 |
| Wisconsin | #329 | 5 | 1 in 8,472 |
| New York | #453 | 15 | 1 in 10,944 |
| Ohio | #454 | 9 | 1 in 11,467 |
| California | #523 | 14 | 1 in 10,617 |
| Pennsylvania | #530 | 6 | 1 in 19,574 |
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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 Tod
- Biggest jump: 259 spots in 1950 (#1,144 → #885)
- Biggest drop: 217 spots in 1975 (#825 → #1,042)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1962 at #331 (568 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1950–1974
- Highest: 1 in 3,640 boys born in 1963 were named Tod (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #331 in 1962, was only 1 in 3,642 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 51.8% of all boys named Tod (3,996) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #2,184 (1915) | #3,182 |
| 1920s | 29 | #2,980 (1929) | #3,915 |
| 1930s | 72 | #1,712 (1939) | #2,859 |
| 1940s | 293 | #1,120 (1943) | #1,303 |
| 1950s | 1,451 | #457 (1958) | #670 |
| 1960s | 3,996 | #331 (1962) | #401 |
| 1970s | 1,140 | #477 (1970) | #930 |
| 1980s | 360 | #1,309 (1981) | #1,802 |
| 1990s | 219 | #2,214 (1990) | #3,325 |
| 2000s | 84 | #5,588 (2000) | #8,230 |
| 2010s | 36 | #8,803 (2010) | #10,927 |
| 2020s | 10 | #12,008 (2025) | #12,124 |
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.
Tod in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
boys
1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 21,914 of them was named Tod, which outranked 82.7% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).