Theodore

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #4in 2025
  • 1 in 127boys in 2025
  • +261%last ten years
  • 3.6×in Vermont

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 261% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

03,9107,81918801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Theodore, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18802,100
18811,767
18822,041
18831,768
18841,844
18851,846
18862,329
18871,982
18882,060
18892,089
18901,711
18912,214
18921,958
18931,861
18942,082
18951,772
18962,016
18971,907
18982,290
18992,373
19002,851
19014,227
19025,234
19035,561
19046,509
19056,304
19065,167
19074,849
19084,166
19093,628
19103,563
19113,332
19123,631
19133,219
19142,946
19152,951
19162,967
19173,035
19183,101
19193,493
19203,024
19212,880
19222,955
19232,880
19242,847
19252,891
19262,818
19272,772
19282,633
19292,699
19302,696
19312,564
19322,561
19332,633
19342,443
19352,336
19362,139
19372,172
19382,128
19391,984
19401,989
19411,897
19421,930
19431,833
19441,889
19451,744
19461,608
19471,600
19481,613
19491,714
19501,653
19511,708
19521,682
19531,489
19541,508
19551,445
19561,397
19571,279
19581,179
19591,124
19601,117
19611,084
19621,120
19631,175
19641,088
19651,150
19661,068
19671,063
19681,086
19691,088
1970984
1971941
1972875
1973861
1974807
1975767
1976748
1977744
1978738
1979719
1980669
1981633
1982655
1983645
1984592
1985655
1986682
1987652
1988647
1989646
1990599
1991543
1992547
1993528
1994487
1995502
1996478
1997507
1998515
1999475
2000476
2001481
2002502
2003488
2004506
2005548
2006551
2007548
2008558
2009625
2010695
2011828
20121,025
20131,284
20141,680
20152,168
20162,587
20173,227
20183,903
20194,401
20205,004
20215,487
20226,199
20236,485
20247,005
20257,819

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Vermont 3.6×
  2. New Hampshire 3.0×
  3. Maine 2.9×
  4. Wyoming 2.8×
  5. Alaska 2.7×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
13,355
Rank in 2025
#4
How rare
1 in 127 boys
Since 1880
317,206

Most popular in 2025, at 7,819 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 261% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Vermont3.6×92
New Hampshire3.0×278
Maine2.9×230
Wyoming2.8×66
Alaska2.7×130

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.