Theodore

Boy name

Theodore has been given to 318,175 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2025 and currently ranks #4 for boys (2025).

Meaning & origin /ˈθiː.əˌdɔː/

Origin: Latin < Ancient Greek

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

318,175

Peak year

2025 (13,362 babies)

Rank in 2025

#4 for boys

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +222%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Theodore Roosevelt

26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)

Ted Bundy

American serial killer (1946–1989)

Theodore Dreiser

American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)

Ted Kaczynski

American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Theodore.

359,085 babies since 1947

270,680 babies since 1880

262,124 babies since 1880

250,969 babies since 1880

224,639 babies since 1880

216,440 babies since 1880

534,622 babies since 1880

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