How popular is “Theodore” in the USA?
Number of people named “Theodore” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Theodore” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Theodore” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Theodore” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Theodore” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Theodore” by birth year
This chart shows how “Theodore” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 232 | 0.001151456 | 232 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 178 | 0.000923773 | 178 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 232 | 0.001047248 | 232 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 185 | 0.000852747 | 185 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 211 | 0.000866669 | 211 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 199 | 0.000826227 | 199 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 258 | 0.001010512 | 258 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 201 | 0.000812476 | 201 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 249 | 0.000831458 | 249 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 231 | 0.000799457 | 231 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 190 | 0.000630389 | 190 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 224 | 0.000781378 | 224 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 239 | 0.000714768 | 239 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 209 | 0.000642636 | 209 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 241 | 0.000711565 | 241 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 208 | 0.000592559 | 208 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 241 | 0.000674156 | 241 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 215 | 0.000619673 | 215 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 281 | 0.000736653 | 281 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 252 | 0.00074285 | 252 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 429 | 0.000952787 | 429 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 456 | 0.001318636 | 6 | 450 | -97% |
| 1902 | 642 | 0.00166006 | 642 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 668 | 0.001752361 | 5 | 663 | -99% |
| 1904 | 834 | 0.002066991 | 834 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 834 | 0.001967343 | 834 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 693 | 0.001617454 | 5 | 688 | -99% |
| 1907 | 712 | 0.0015299 | 712 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 648 | 0.001326105 | 5 | 643 | -98% |
| 1909 | 603 | 0.001179522 | 8 | 595 | -97% |
| 1910 | 700 | 0.001185013 | 8 | 692 | -98% |
| 1911 | 763 | 0.001184271 | 10 | 753 | -97% |
| 1912 | 1569 | 0.001587957 | 8 | 1561 | -99% |
| 1913 | 1656 | 0.001456323 | 6 | 1650 | -99% |
| 1914 | 1936 | 0.0013669 | 7 | 1929 | -99% |
| 1915 | 2511 | 0.001370315 | 7 | 2504 | -99% |
| 1916 | 2649 | 0.001369405 | 8 | 2641 | -99% |
| 1917 | 2820 | 0.001405257 | 11 | 2809 | -99% |
| 1918 | 3159 | 0.001455015 | 16 | 3143 | -99% |
| 1919 | 3441 | 0.001630616 | 17 | 3424 | -99% |
| 1920 | 3235 | 0.001429744 | 16 | 3219 | -99% |
| 1921 | 3179 | 0.001361745 | 7 | 3172 | -100% |
| 1922 | 3230 | 0.001411 | 14 | 3216 | -99% |
| 1923 | 3176 | 0.001379382 | 19 | 3157 | -99% |
| 1924 | 3240 | 0.001360424 | 15 | 3225 | -99% |
| 1925 | 3241 | 0.001389019 | 15 | 3226 | -99% |
| 1926 | 3146 | 0.001370266 | 17 | 3129 | -99% |
| 1927 | 3148 | 0.001357272 | 24 | 3124 | -98% |
| 1928 | 2942 | 0.00130123 | 25 | 2917 | -98% |
| 1929 | 2932 | 0.001337493 | 30 | 2902 | -98% |
| 1930 | 2978 | 0.001339458 | 20 | 2958 | -99% |
| 1931 | 2687 | 0.001276856 | 20 | 2667 | -99% |
| 1932 | 2689 | 0.001273628 | 15 | 2674 | -99% |
| 1933 | 2623 | 0.001311863 | 12 | 2611 | -99% |
| 1934 | 2541 | 0.001223508 | 18 | 2523 | -99% |
| 1935 | 2439 | 0.001167041 | 6 | 2433 | -100% |
| 1936 | 2228 | 0.001072403 | 9 | 2219 | -99% |
| 1937 | 2326 | 0.001091675 | 11 | 2315 | -99% |
| 1938 | 2370 | 0.001071151 | 9 | 2361 | -99% |
| 1939 | 2207 | 0.001001615 | 11 | 2196 | -99% |
| 1940 | 2313 | 0.00100448 | 7 | 2306 | -99% |
| 1941 | 2335 | 0.000958371 | 5 | 2330 | -100% |
| 1942 | 2671 | 0.000977737 | 6 | 2665 | -100% |
| 1943 | 2621 | 0.00092859 | 5 | 2616 | -100% |
| 1944 | 2585 | 0.000960938 | 11 | 2574 | -99% |
| 1945 | 2353 | 0.000886951 | 6 | 2347 | -99% |
| 1946 | 2618 | 0.000819327 | 6 | 2612 | -100% |
| 1947 | 2932 | 0.000813919 | 5 | 2927 | -100% |
| 1948 | 2841 | 0.000822878 | 11 | 2830 | -99% |
| 1949 | 3047 | 0.000874375 | 6 | 3041 | -100% |
| 1950 | 2968 | 0.000847187 | 8 | 2960 | -99% |
| 1951 | 3224 | 0.000875198 | 7 | 3217 | -100% |
| 1952 | 3278 | 0.000863085 | 10 | 3268 | -99% |
| 1953 | 2950 | 0.000765509 | 13 | 2937 | -99% |
| 1954 | 3086 | 0.000775239 | 13 | 3073 | -99% |
| 1955 | 2984 | 0.000743198 | 7 | 2977 | -100% |
| 1956 | 2960 | 0.000717917 | 5 | 2955 | -100% |
| 1957 | 2768 | 0.000658712 | 8 | 2760 | -99% |
| 1958 | 2518 | 0.000609109 | 15 | 2503 | -99% |
| 1959 | 2407 | 0.000578885 | 8 | 2399 | -99% |
| 1960 | 2393 | 0.000576097 | 11 | 2382 | -99% |
| 1961 | 2316 | 0.00055911 | 15 | 2301 | -99% |
| 1962 | 2328 | 0.000576899 | 12 | 2316 | -99% |
| 1963 | 2395 | 0.000605073 | 9 | 2386 | -99% |
| 1964 | 2179 | 0.000560499 | 10 | 2169 | -99% |
| 1965 | 2148 | 0.000592478 | 7 | 2141 | -99% |
| 1966 | 1912 | 0.000550112 | 7 | 1905 | -99% |
| 1967 | 1867 | 0.000549943 | 13 | 1854 | -99% |
| 1968 | 1892 | 0.000560026 | 5 | 1887 | -99% |
| 1969 | 1957 | 0.000563113 | 12 | 1945 | -99% |
| 1970 | 1837 | 0.000509356 | 8 | 1829 | -99% |
| 1971 | 1676 | 0.000488294 | 11 | 1665 | -99% |
| 1972 | 1422 | 0.000452435 | 1422 | -100% | |
| 1973 | 1350 | 0.000447481 | 8 | 1342 | -99% |
| 1974 | 1287 | 0.000423355 | 19 | 1268 | -97% |
| 1975 | 1202 | 0.000398093 | 5 | 1197 | -99% |
| 1976 | 1187 | 0.000391194 | 13 | 1174 | -98% |
| 1977 | 1231 | 0.000387534 | 8 | 1223 | -99% |
| 1978 | 1224 | 0.000385649 | 12 | 1212 | -98% |
| 1979 | 1245 | 0.000374211 | 7 | 1238 | -99% |
| 1980 | 1200 | 0.000348381 | 6 | 1194 | -99% |
| 1981 | 1144 | 0.000330696 | 11 | 1133 | -98% |
| 1982 | 1197 | 0.000341224 | 6 | 1191 | -99% |
| 1983 | 1167 | 0.000336958 | 11 | 1156 | -98% |
| 1984 | 1074 | 0.000307846 | 5 | 1069 | -99% |
| 1985 | 1227 | 0.000343783 | 16 | 1211 | -97% |
| 1986 | 1270 | 0.000357035 | 13 | 1257 | -98% |
| 1987 | 1228 | 0.00034058 | 11 | 1217 | -98% |
| 1988 | 1247 | 0.000337479 | 9 | 1238 | -99% |
| 1989 | 1293 | 0.000336329 | 1293 | -100% | |
| 1990 | 1231 | 0.00031145 | 1231 | -100% | |
| 1991 | 1097 | 0.000281624 | 1097 | -100% | |
| 1992 | 1092 | 0.000284281 | 1092 | -100% | |
| 1993 | 1036 | 0.000274781 | 1036 | -100% | |
| 1994 | 940 | 0.000252848 | 940 | -100% | |
| 1995 | 956 | 0.000261048 | 956 | -100% | |
| 1996 | 905 | 0.000248136 | 905 | -100% | |
| 1997 | 956 | 0.00026367 | 956 | -100% | |
| 1998 | 983 | 0.00026725 | 983 | -100% | |
| 1999 | 913 | 0.000247166 | 913 | -100% | |
| 2000 | 934 | 0.000247096 | 934 | -100% | |
| 2001 | 935 | 0.000249774 | 935 | -100% | |
| 2002 | 975 | 0.000260814 | 975 | -100% | |
| 2003 | 964 | 0.000253529 | 964 | -100% | |
| 2004 | 1005 | 0.000263025 | 1005 | -100% | |
| 2005 | 1095 | 0.000284797 | 1095 | -100% | |
| 2006 | 1133 | 0.000286387 | 1133 | -100% | |
| 2007 | 1137 | 0.000284415 | 1137 | -100% | |
| 2008 | 1139 | 0.000289773 | 1139 | -100% | |
| 2009 | 1239 | 0.000324331 | 1239 | -100% | |
| 2010 | 1333 | 0.000360686 | 1333 | -100% | |
| 2011 | 1573 | 0.000430041 | 1573 | -100% | |
| 2012 | 1950 | 0.00053317 | 5 | 1945 | -99% |
| 2013 | 2429 | 0.00066627 | 2429 | -100% | |
| 2014 | 3228 | 0.000870932 | 3228 | -100% | |
| 2015 | 4155 | 0.001122696 | 4155 | -100% | |
| 2016 | 4917 | 0.001340257 | 7 | 4910 | -100% |
| 2017 | 5970 | 0.001669372 | 5970 | -100% | |
| 2018 | 7088 | 0.002015986 | 7088 | -100% | |
| 2019 | 7901 | 0.002276333 | 7 | 7894 | -100% |
| 2020 | 8651 | 0.002589672 | 14 | 8637 | -100% |
| 2021 | 9605 | 0.002835049 | 8 | 9597 | -100% |
| 2022 | 10829 | 0.003200877 | 15 | 10814 | -100% |
| 2023 | 11095 | 0.003350753 | 11 | 11084 | -100% |
| 2024 | 12024 | 0.003612437 | 13 | 12011 | -100% |