Tou
Last seen for boys in 2015 at #10,644
- Peak · boys
- 1983 · 67 births
- Debut · boys
- 33 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,254since 1980
Tou over time
Rank among boys' names. Tou has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
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| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1999 | #3,279 | 24 |
| 1998 | #2,450 | 35 |
| 1997 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #1,655 | 58 |
| 1995 | #1,682 | 53 |
| 1994 | #1,421 | 68 |
| 1993 | #1,261 | 81 |
| 1992 | #1,395 | 66 |
| 1991 | #1,273 | 77 |
| 1990 | #1,201 | 82 |
| 1989 | #1,243 | 75 |
| 1988 | #1,427 | 54 |
| 1987 | #1,367 | 54 |
| 1986 | #1,439 | 48 |
| 1985 | #1,147 | 66 |
| 1984 | #1,265 | 53 |
| 1983 | #1,088 | 67 |
| 1982 | #1,464 | 43 |
| 1981 | #1,309 | 50 |
| 1980 | #1,726 | 33 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Tou! It came in at #1,726, and was given to 33 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2008–2009, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Tou is popular in 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#203 · 1 in 1,637
- Minnesota#225 · 1 in 2,210
- California#609 · 1 in 7,575
Best ever in a state: #141 in Rhode Island, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Wisconsin | #203 | 20 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Minnesota | #225 | 14 | 1 in 2,210 |
| California | #609 | 38 | 1 in 7,575 |
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See more about Tou
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 1983 at #1,088 (67 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 24,214 boys born in 1993 were named Tou (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 319,457 boys born in 2015 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,088 in 1983, was only 1 in 26,755 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 46.1% of all boys named Tou (578) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 543 | #1,088 (1983) | #1,348 |
| 1990s | 578 | #1,201 (1990) | #1,801 |
| 2000s | 110 | #3,423 (2000) | #7,450 |
| 2010s | 23 | #9,693 (2010) | #11,183 |
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.
Tou in 1991
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 26,238 of them was named Tou, which outranked 86.8% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,264Rian78
- #1,264Rufus78
- #1,264Seamus78
- #1,273Tou77
- #1,273Britt77
- #1,273Gianni77
- #1,273Jonatan77
- #1,282Dirk76
- #1,282Emery76
- #1,282Jalil76
Tied with 8 names at #1,273; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.