Todd

Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · #1,609 for boys in 2025, 105 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1964 · 15,350 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
27 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
282,330
since 1881

Todd over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #28, 1964boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,609105
2024#1,589108
2023#1,558112
2022#1,468123
2021#1,529115
2020#1,408123
2019#1,214157
2018#1,195158
2017#1,159162
2016#1,065185
2015#976212
2014#1,074180
2013#966207
2012#884237
2011#864244
2010#810264
2009#889235
2008#773287
2007#710326
2006#652354
2005#583390
2004#535441
2003#517466
2002#467510
2001#457530
2000#423583
1999#394627
1998#14,1225#365703
1997#314843
1996#299890
1995#2711,028
1994#13,4305#2521,141
1993#2351,238
1992#2161,425
1991#1791,743
1990#10,1937#1591,976
1989#7,44910#1462,125
1988#4,30820#1352,201
1987#4,28319#1202,355
1986#6,15611#1102,586
1985#4,12619#992,941
1984#4,96614#923,104
1983#3,80620#873,334
1982#2,83032#823,598
1981#3,06628#743,953
1980#3,31825#754,128
1979#2,99728#604,984
1978#2,80129#565,497
1977#3,00226#506,276
1976#2,29236#506,440
1975#2,45632#437,151
1974#2,02941#397,845
1973#1,69053#358,677
1972#1,67453#319,968
1971#2,06440#3012,055
1970#1,82848#2814,426
1969#1,59156#2814,745
1968#1,41863#2814,659
1967#1,64048#2913,453
1966#1,66945#2913,557
1965#1,71543#3013,934
1964#1,68647#2815,350
1963#2,09432#3014,789
1962#2,11331#3012,752
1961#2,15030#469,750
1960#3,21215#715,752
1959#3,82711#994,332
1958#3,37913#1163,468
1957#4,2029#1432,405
1956#5,9525#1562,008
1955#5,2086#1731,615
1954#1951,291
1953#5,6735#2071,101
1952#213960
1951#241796
1950#272593
1949#316461
1948#363346
1947#393304
1946#413237
1945#465163
1944#458176
1943#486161
1942#528134
1941#59799
1940#63588
1939#72668
1938#74268
1937#85851
1936#94942
1935#1,05737
1934#1,17332
1933#1,28127
1932#1,32427
1931#1,69318
1930#1,36828
1929#1,17335
1928#2,04815
1927#2,52311
1926#1,66121
1925#1,74520
1924#1,26333
1923#1,64422
1922#2,04016
1921#1,39029
1920#1,45726
1919#2,8779
1918#2,07315
1917#1,58721
1916#1,59420
1915#1,60019
1914#2,10110
1913#1,80310
1912
1911#1,2908
1910
1909
1908
1907#1,3455
1906
1905
1904#1,2055
1903#1,0096
1902
1901
1900#1,0507
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887#9215
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882#8376
1881#7067
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Todd! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Todd
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 20 spots since 2024 (#1,589#1,609)
  • 201 spots since 2020 (#1,408#1,609)
  • 633 spots since 2015 (#976#1,609)
  • Biggest jump: 116 spots in 1938 (#858#742)
  • Biggest drop: 131 spots in 1882 (#706#837)
Rise & fade · boys
83 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1964 at #28 (15,350 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 27 yrs · run 1959–1985
  • Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1936–2013
Share of babies · boys
1 in 119
  • Highest: 1 in 119 boys born in 1968 were named Todd (0.84%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,267 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #28 in 1964, was only 1 in 130 (0.77%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 45.6% of all boys named Todd (128,741) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#706 (1881)#821
1890s0
1900s23#1,009 (1903)#1,152
1910s112#1,290 (1911)#1,866
1920s228#1,173 (1929)#1,694
1930s398#726 (1939)#1,117
1940s2,169#316 (1949)#465
1950s18,569#99 (1959)#182
1960s128,741#28 (1964)#35
1970s83,319#28 (1970)#42
1980s30,325#74 (1981)#102
1990s11,614#159 (1990)#268
2000s4,122#423 (2000)#601
2010s2,006#810 (2010)#1,021
2020s686#1,408 (2020)#1,527

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.

Todd in 1974

girls
#2,029
41 births · 1 in 35,794 girls
boys
#39
7,845 births · 1 in 200 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #2,029Todd41

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #39Todd7,845
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 35,794 of them was named Todd, which outranked 80.2% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Todd
  1. #1,999Shena42
  2. #1,999Terina42
  3. #1,999Tyesha42
  4. #2,029Todd41
  5. #2,029Adeline41
  6. #2,029Alida41
  7. #2,029Ashlie41
  8. #2,066Alba40
  9. #2,066Alexander40
  10. #2,066Amberly40

Tied with 36 names at #2,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 6,440Nakia#6,666#226
  2. 5,329Nikia#6,080#751
  3. 1,994Luciana#2,914#920
  4. 1,556Cortney#2,349#793
  5. 1,213Nia#1,885#672
Fallers
  1. 1,251Contina#962#2,213
  2. 396Pam#990#1,386
  3. 376Tracee#536#912
  4. 364Cher#760#1,124
  5. 314Richard#904#1,218

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

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 200 of them was named Todd, which outranked 99.4% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Todd
  1. #36Adam8,421
  2. #37Sean8,290
  3. #38Patrick8,137
  4. #39Todd7,845
  5. #40Edward7,817
  6. #41Donald7,758
  7. #42Ronald7,667
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 3,544Rashad#4,505#961
  2. 844Telly#1,312#468
  3. 398Jabari#1,312#914
  4. 356Ahmad#1,123#767
  5. 356Toma#1,238#882
Fallers
  1. 383Parrish#987#1,370
  2. 378Fredric#957#1,335
  3. 346Jory#753#1,099
  4. 301Vidal#834#1,135
  5. 277Pat#847#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1974