Theodore is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6 for boy births in the United States, given to 13,362 babies. Theodore first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2025 (13,362 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13,362 | #6 |
| 2024 | 12,082 | #10 |
| 2023 | 11,104 | #13 |
| 2022 | 10,839 | #18 |
| 2021 | 9,608 | #20 |
| 2020 | 8,652 | #34 |
| 2019 | 7,903 | #52 |
| 2018 | 7,088 | #68 |
| 2017 | 5,973 | #95 |
| 2016 | 4,917 | #132 |
| 2015 | 4,155 | #169 |
| 2014 | 3,228 | #223 |
| 2013 | 2,429 | #305 |
| 2012 | 1,950 | #360 |
| 2011 | 1,573 | #434 |
| 2010 | 1,333 | #500 |
| 2009 | 1,239 | #546 |
| 2008 | 1,139 | #591 |
| 2007 | 1,137 | #597 |
| 2006 | 1,133 | #584 |
| 2005 | 1,095 | #597 |
| 2004 | 1,005 | #627 |
| 2003 | 964 | #634 |
| 2002 | 975 | #618 |
| 2001 | 935 | #634 |
| 2000 | 934 | #640 |
| 1999 | 913 | #643 |
| 1998 | 984 | #594 |
| 1997 | 956 | #587 |
| 1996 | 905 | #606 |
| 1995 | 956 | #574 |
| 1994 | 941 | #586 |
| 1993 | 1,036 | #546 |
| 1992 | 1,093 | #519 |
| 1991 | 1,098 | #506 |
| 1990 | 1,231 | #463 |
| 1989 | 1,293 | #428 |
| 1988 | 1,248 | #421 |
| 1987 | 1,229 | #424 |
| 1986 | 1,269 | #408 |
| 1985 | 1,227 | #412 |
| 1984 | 1,074 | #454 |
| 1983 | 1,167 | #426 |
| 1982 | 1,195 | #426 |
| 1981 | 1,144 | #441 |
| 1980 | 1,200 | #428 |
| 1979 | 1,245 | #414 |
| 1978 | 1,224 | #403 |
| 1977 | 1,231 | #400 |
| 1976 | 1,187 | #397 |
| 1975 | 1,202 | #397 |
| 1974 | 1,288 | #376 |
| 1973 | 1,350 | #366 |
| 1972 | 1,419 | #373 |
| 1971 | 1,675 | #349 |
| 1970 | 1,837 | #336 |
| 1969 | 1,957 | #318 |
| 1968 | 1,892 | #324 |
| 1967 | 1,867 | #321 |
| 1966 | 1,912 | #323 |
| 1965 | 2,147 | #310 |
| 1964 | 2,179 | #329 |
| 1963 | 2,396 | #307 |
| 1962 | 2,328 | #320 |
| 1961 | 2,318 | #322 |
| 1960 | 2,393 | #319 |
| 1959 | 2,407 | #312 |
| 1958 | 2,518 | #298 |
| 1957 | 2,768 | #282 |
| 1956 | 2,960 | #261 |
| 1955 | 2,983 | #256 |
| 1954 | 3,087 | #245 |
| 1953 | 2,950 | #239 |
| 1952 | 3,280 | #217 |
| 1951 | 3,223 | #212 |
| 1950 | 2,968 | #218 |
| 1949 | 3,047 | #211 |
| 1948 | 2,841 | #222 |
| 1947 | 2,933 | #222 |
| 1946 | 2,618 | #221 |
| 1945 | 2,353 | #220 |
| 1944 | 2,585 | #206 |
| 1943 | 2,621 | #210 |
| 1942 | 2,671 | #200 |
| 1941 | 2,335 | #211 |
| 1940 | 2,313 | #205 |
| 1939 | 2,207 | #207 |
| 1938 | 2,369 | #201 |
| 1937 | 2,328 | #200 |
| 1936 | 2,228 | #200 |
| 1935 | 2,439 | #181 |
| 1934 | 2,541 | #170 |
| 1933 | 2,623 | #162 |
| 1932 | 2,689 | #163 |
| 1931 | 2,686 | #160 |
| 1930 | 2,978 | #155 |
| 1929 | 2,933 | #156 |
| 1928 | 2,941 | #157 |
| 1927 | 3,148 | #149 |
| 1926 | 3,146 | #149 |
| 1925 | 3,241 | #153 |
| 1924 | 3,240 | #152 |
| 1923 | 3,176 | #150 |
| 1922 | 3,230 | #146 |
| 1921 | 3,179 | #157 |
| 1920 | 3,235 | #150 |
| 1919 | 3,441 | #129 |
| 1918 | 3,159 | #151 |
| 1917 | 2,820 | #154 |
| 1916 | 2,649 | #155 |
| 1915 | 2,511 | #151 |
| 1914 | 1,936 | #152 |
| 1913 | 1,656 | #144 |
| 1912 | 1,569 | #132 |
| 1911 | 763 | #173 |
| 1910 | 700 | #170 |
| 1909 | 603 | #171 |
| 1908 | 648 | #158 |
| 1907 | 712 | #137 |
| 1906 | 693 | #136 |
| 1905 | 834 | #116 |
| 1904 | 834 | #109 |
| 1903 | 668 | #126 |
| 1902 | 642 | #129 |
| 1901 | 456 | #158 |
| 1900 | 429 | #203 |
| 1899 | 252 | #248 |
| 1898 | 281 | #247 |
| 1897 | 215 | #269 |
| 1896 | 241 | #261 |
| 1895 | 208 | #283 |
| 1894 | 241 | #253 |
| 1893 | 209 | #266 |
| 1892 | 239 | #244 |
| 1891 | 224 | #226 |
| 1890 | 190 | #263 |
| 1889 | 231 | #223 |
| 1888 | 249 | #215 |
| 1887 | 201 | #216 |
| 1886 | 258 | #183 |
| 1885 | 199 | #208 |
| 1884 | 211 | #201 |
| 1883 | 185 | #195 |
| 1882 | 232 | #181 |
| 1881 | 178 | #186 |
| 1880 | 232 | #166 |