Theron is an established boys' name that peaked in 1966 and has grown less common since.
Theron is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,474 for boy births in the United States (and #5,327 across all names), given to 55 babies. Theron first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1966 (180 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,474 |
| 2024 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,866 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,999 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,749 |
| 2021 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,435 |
| 2020 | 69 | 69 | — | #2,065 |
| 2019 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,148 |
| 2018 | 84 | 84 | #13,682 | #1,936 |
| 2017 | 89 | 89 | — | #1,745 |
| 2016 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,859 |
| 2015 | 100 | 100 | — | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,595 |
| 2013 | 86 | 86 | — | #1,723 |
| 2012 | 107 | 107 | #16,678 | #1,574 |
| 2011 | 87 | 87 | — | #1,715 |
| 2010 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,636 |
| 2009 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,636 |
| 2008 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,631 |
| 2007 | 105 | 105 | — | #1,514 |
| 2006 | 134 | 134 | — | #1,254 |
| 2005 | 119 | 119 | #16,284 | #1,342 |
| 2004 | 117 | 117 | #18,599 | #1,325 |
| 2003 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,390 |
| 2002 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,324 |
| 2001 | 103 | 103 | #17,757 | #1,336 |
| 2000 | 108 | 108 | — | #1,240 |
| 1999 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,340 |
| 1998 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,222 |
| 1997 | 92 | — | — | #1,261 |
| 1996 | 99 | — | — | #1,176 |
| 1995 | 106 | — | — | #1,106 |
| 1994 | 113 | — | — | #1,052 |
| 1993 | 101 | — | — | #1,128 |
| 1992 | 119 | — | — | #996 |
| 1991 | 100 | — | — | #1,093 |
| 1990 | 109 | — | — | #1,020 |
| 1989 | 116 | — | — | #950 |
| 1988 | 115 | — | — | #895 |
| 1987 | 107 | — | — | #913 |
| 1986 | 102 | — | — | #911 |
| 1985 | 94 | — | — | #944 |
| 1984 | 96 | — | — | #898 |
| 1983 | 123 | — | — | #789 |
| 1982 | 101 | — | — | #892 |
| 1981 | 111 | — | — | #836 |
| 1980 | 118 | — | — | #813 |
| 1979 | 134 | — | — | #750 |
| 1978 | 130 | — | — | #746 |
| 1977 | 148 | — | — | #700 |
| 1976 | 126 | — | — | #743 |
| 1975 | 147 | — | — | #681 |
| 1974 | 160 | — | — | #638 |
| 1973 | 172 | — | — | #604 |
| 1972 | 158 | — | — | #628 |
| 1971 | 153 | — | — | #671 |
| 1970 | 152 | — | — | #666 |
| 1969 | 159 | — | — | #627 |
| 1968 | 162 | — | — | #597 |
| 1967 | 163 | — | — | #592 |
| 1966 | 180 | — | — | #566 |
| 1965 | 96 | — | — | #754 |
| 1964 | 137 | — | — | #663 |
| 1963 | 125 | — | — | #693 |
| 1962 | 147 | — | — | #641 |
| 1961 | 143 | — | — | #658 |
| 1960 | 171 | — | — | #604 |
| 1959 | 87 | — | — | #823 |
| 1958 | 97 | — | — | #754 |
| 1957 | 109 | — | — | #718 |
| 1956 | 87 | — | — | #803 |
| 1955 | 77 | — | — | #843 |
| 1954 | 89 | — | — | #757 |
| 1953 | 100 | — | — | #716 |
| 1952 | 88 | — | — | #754 |
| 1951 | 91 | — | — | #731 |
| 1950 | 97 | — | — | #700 |
| 1949 | 104 | — | — | #675 |
| 1948 | 97 | — | — | #682 |
| 1947 | 103 | — | — | #683 |
| 1946 | 108 | — | — | #620 |
| 1945 | 113 | — | — | #570 |
| 1944 | 103 | — | — | #611 |
| 1943 | 113 | — | — | #596 |
| 1942 | 121 | — | — | #560 |
| 1941 | 117 | — | — | #556 |
| 1940 | 91 | — | — | #625 |
| 1939 | 111 | — | — | #546 |
| 1938 | 95 | — | — | #612 |
| 1937 | 93 | — | — | #604 |
| 1936 | 96 | — | — | #594 |
| 1935 | 85 | — | — | #646 |
| 1934 | 107 | — | — | #573 |
| 1933 | 95 | — | — | #599 |
| 1932 | 106 | — | — | #578 |
| 1931 | 118 | — | — | #538 |
| 1930 | 109 | — | — | #575 |
| 1929 | 101 | — | #4,514 | #629 |
| 1928 | 113 | — | — | #583 |
| 1927 | 94 | — | — | #658 |
| 1926 | 118 | — | — | #571 |
| 1925 | 123 | — | #5,694 | #576 |
| 1924 | 153 | — | — | #505 |
| 1923 | 123 | — | — | #563 |
| 1922 | 144 | — | — | #516 |
| 1921 | 151 | — | — | #504 |
| 1920 | 146 | — | — | #501 |
| 1919 | 150 | — | — | #489 |
| 1918 | 138 | — | — | #511 |
| 1917 | 135 | — | — | #495 |
| 1916 | 118 | — | — | #527 |
| 1915 | 148 | — | — | #452 |
| 1914 | 113 | — | — | #452 |
| 1913 | 78 | — | — | #497 |
| 1912 | 76 | — | — | #455 |
| 1911 | 38 | — | — | #480 |
| 1910 | 38 | — | — | #452 |
| 1909 | 30 | — | — | #471 |
| 1908 | 26 | — | — | #498 |
| 1907 | 15 | — | — | #697 |
| 1906 | 22 | — | — | #487 |
| 1905 | 11 | — | — | #784 |
| 1904 | 14 | — | — | #641 |
| 1903 | 19 | — | — | #502 |
| 1902 | 12 | — | — | #682 |
| 1901 | 10 | — | — | #724 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | — | #1,044 |
| 1899 | 10 | — | — | #710 |
| 1898 | 16 | — | — | #538 |
| 1897 | 16 | — | — | #513 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | — | #1,094 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | — | #677 |
| 1894 | 15 | — | — | #537 |
| 1893 | 8 | — | — | #828 |
| 1892 | 8 | — | — | #857 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | — | #951 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | — | #1,148 |
| 1889 | 11 | — | — | #623 |
| 1888 | 8 | — | — | #810 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | — | #741 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | — | #750 |
| 1883 | 11 | — | — | #591 |
| 1882 | 10 | — | — | #648 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | — | #799 |