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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #28, 1964boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1985

girls
#4,126
19 births · 1 in 90,570 girls
boys
#99
2,941 births · 1 in 628 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #4,126Todd19

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #99Todd2,941
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 90,570 of them was named Todd, which outranked 67.0% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Todd
  1. #3,983Walter20
  2. #3,983Whitnie20
  3. #3,983Yalitza20
  4. #4,126Todd19
  5. #4,126Adelle19
  6. #4,126Alaine19
  7. #4,126Alan19
  8. #4,282Adrina18
  9. #4,282Aishia18
  10. #4,282Aisling18

Tied with 155 names at #4,126; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 628 of them was named Todd, which outranked 98.7% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Todd
  1. #96Jeffery2,947
  2. #97Larry2,946
  3. #98Curtis2,943
  4. #99Todd2,941
  5. #100Blake2,922
  6. #101Christian2,915
  7. #102Randy2,881
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 2,425Jaymes#3,270#845
  2. 977Trace#1,933#956
  3. 933Durrell#1,656#723
  4. 793Durell#1,399#606
  5. 562Brandyn#1,444#882
Fallers
  1. 420Anwar#951#1,371
  2. 345Zebulon#976#1,321
  3. 303Tavares#925#1,228
  4. 250Alonso#931#1,181
  5. 228Abdul#1,000#1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985