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Boy Names That Start With T

These are the 75 boy names that start with T, have reached the top 500 as a boy's name at some point since 1880, and still go to boys rather than girls today. Ranked by the number of boys given each name in 2025, most common first.

All 75 names

  1. Theodore #4 13,355
  2. Thomas #34 6,917
  3. Thiago #50 5,835
  4. Theo #82 3,945
  5. Tucker #181 2,008
  6. Tate #193 1,862
  7. Tatum #202 1,736
  8. Timothy #203 1,734
  9. Tyler #219 1,633
  10. Tobias #283 1,201
  11. Tristan #309 1,103
  12. Titus #358 910
  13. Tadeo #427 753
  14. Travis #434 732
  15. Tanner #475 641
  16. Tripp #522 572
  17. Tyson #531 565
  18. Troy #532 563
  19. Tommy #657 420
  20. Trevor #679 400
  21. Taylor #683 398
  22. Tomas #691 394
  23. Trace #757 340
  24. Tony #783 325
  25. Thaddeus #797 314
  26. Ty #810 306
  27. Teddy #819 301
  28. Trey #883 269
  29. Toby #977 234
  30. Trenton #1038 213
  31. Turner #1097 195
  32. Terry #1115 192
  33. Talon #1176 175
  34. Trent #1341 142
  35. Tyrone #1388 132
  36. Tristen #1509 116
  37. Terrell #1529 113
  38. Truman #1547 111
  39. Terrance #1564 109
  40. Trevon #1571 108
  41. Tariq #1585 107
  42. Terrence #1585 107
  43. Todd #1609 105
  44. Tyree #1808 88
  45. Tyrell #1959 78
  46. Tom #2183 65
  47. Triston #2421 56
  48. Theron #2451 55
  49. Tevin #2480 54
  50. Tyrese #2676 48
  51. Terence #2718 47
  52. Tre #2718 47
  53. Ted #3181 37
  54. Tim #3181 37
  55. Tristin #3181 37
  56. Talan #3379 34
  57. Tommie #3450 33
  58. Tracy #3848 28
  59. Tillman #3949 27
  60. Tory #4249 24
  61. Tylor #5608 16
  62. Timmy #5861 15
  63. Torrey #6446 13
  64. Tad #7194 11
  65. Taft #7679 10
  66. Thornton #7679 10
  67. Talmadge #8910 8
  68. Thad #8910 8
  69. Trinidad #8910 8
  70. Toney #10695 6
  71. Tracey #10695 6
  72. Tod #12008 5
  73. Telly
  74. Thurman
  75. Tobe

Boy names that start with T in the 2025 data

T is the twelfth most common first letter for boys born in 2025: 65,080 of them, 3.8% of every boy in the file. It has climbed from thirteenth place a decade ago, and its share has grown from 3.3% to 3.8%.

This list holds the 75 of those names that reached the top 500 as a boy's name at some point since 1880 and are still given to boys rather than girls. The most common today is Theodore, #4 with 13,355 boys in 2025. 4 of the 75 are in this year's top 100, and 72 appear in the 2025 file at all — which takes at least five births, the point below which a name is left out. Together they account for 52,602 of those 65,080 boys — the remainder go to names that have never reached the top 500, each given to a handful of children.

The fastest climber among them is Tadeo, up from #1,049 in 2015 to #427 in 2025. Tanner has gone the other way, from #224 to #475. The shortest name here is Ty at 2 letters, the longest Trinidad at 8.

Questions about boy names that start with T

What is the most popular boy name that starts with T?

Theodore. 13,355 boys were given the name in 2025, which put it at #4 nationally.

How many boy names start with T?

75 have reached the top 500 as a boy's name and still go to boys today, which is this list. Counting every spelling in the file, 65,080 boys born in 2025 — 3.8% of the total — were given a name starting with T.

Are boy names that start with T getting more popular?

T is gaining ground. It was thirteenth among first letters for boys a decade ago with 3.3% of births, and it is twelfth in 2025 with 3.8%.

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