Boy · #4 in 2025

Theodore

Theodore: popularity and trends since 1880

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 boys born

Theodore per 100,000 boys born, by year. Peak: 2025. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Theodore has been rising: its share of boys born has grown over the last 10 years. 2025 is its highest share on record.

Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.