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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #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 1978

girls
#2,801
29 births · 1 in 52,823 girls
boys
#56
5,497 births · 1 in 299 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #2,801Todd29

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #56Todd5,497
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 52,823 of them was named Todd, which outranked 75.6% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Todd
  1. #2,741Tinesha30
  2. #2,741Vania30
  3. #2,741Vasiliki30
  4. #2,801Todd29
  5. #2,801Adelaida29
  6. #2,801Akisha29
  7. #2,801Araseli29
  8. #2,859Aislinn28
  9. #2,859Alessandra28
  10. #2,859Allana28

Tied with 57 names at #2,801; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 4,240Aja#4,652#412
  2. 1,987Kiley#2,606#619
  3. 1,951Kylee#2,838#887
  4. 1,785Winter#2,780#995
  5. 1,620Kylie#2,026#406
Fallers
  1. 913Shalon#868#1,781
  2. 760Farah#854#1,614
  3. 519Tennille#462#981
  4. 398Shawnte#740#1,138
  5. 362Farrah#177#539

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

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 299 of them was named Todd, which outranked 99.2% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Todd
  1. #53Bradley6,096
  2. #54Peter5,872
  3. #55Ronald5,758
  4. #56Todd5,497
  5. #57Samuel5,394
  6. #58George5,297
  7. #59Douglas5,151
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 3,237Dequan#4,164#927
  2. 626Nicholaus#1,367#741
  3. 617Nicklaus#1,515#898
  4. 578Zebulon#1,476#898
  5. 424Anwar#1,121#697
Fallers
  1. 674Kinte#834#1,508
  2. 668Kunta#572#1,240
  3. 417Telly#732#1,149
  4. 415Lesley#937#1,352
  5. 310Amin#904#1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978