Names like Theodore

In 2025, 13,355 boys born in the US were named Theodore, #4 among boys' names.

It has been in the top 1,000 every year since records begin in 1880, and in the top 100 in 80 of those 146 years.

It was also #4 in 2024.

More boys were given the name in 2025 than in any earlier year.

Births rose 221% from 4,155 in 2015.

All 12 names below have also been in the top 1,000 every year since 1880.

Theodore's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #70
2. 1890
   #89
3. 1900
   #61
4. 1910
   #54
5. 1920
   #63
6. 1930
   #67
7. 1940
   #90
8. 1950
   #99
9. 1960
   #148
10. 1970
    #159
11. 1980
    #206
12. 1990
    #233
13. 2000
    #312
14. 2010
    #257
15. 2020
    #23
16. 2025
    #4

12 boy names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Theodore's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.