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How popular is “Theo” in the USA?

Number of people named “Theo” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Theo” 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 “Theo” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Theo” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Theo” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Theo” by birth year

This chart shows how “Theo” 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 16 0.000079411 7 9 -13%
1881 16 0.000083036 8 8 0%
1882 22 0.000099308 10 12 -9%
1883 21 0.000096798 7 14 -33%
1884 23 0.000094471 16 7 39%
1885 19 0.000078886 11 8 16%
1886 23 0.000090084 15 8 30%
1887 29 0.000117223 19 10 31%
1888 26 0.000086819 17 9 31%
1889 26 0.000089982 18 8 38%
1890 24 0.000079628 12 12 0%
1891 32 0.000111625 21 11 31%
1892 34 0.000101683 25 9 47%
1893 30 0.000092244 19 11 27%
1894 29 0.000085624 17 12 17%
1895 39 0.000111105 25 14 28%
1896 36 0.000100704 24 12 33%
1897 39 0.000112406 28 11 44%
1898 41 0.000107483 25 16 22%
1899 26 0.000076643 16 10 23%
1900 36 0.000079954 22 14 22%
1901 37 0.000106995 19 18 3%
1902 59 0.00015256 35 24 19%
1903 47 0.000123295 29 18 23%
1904 58 0.000143748 31 27 7%
1905 57 0.000134459 34 23 19%
1906 44 0.000102696 27 17 23%
1907 60 0.000128924 31 29 3%
1908 58 0.000118695 24 34 -17%
1909 66 0.000129102 44 22 33%
1910 64 0.000108344 29 35 -9%
1911 67 0.000103992 36 31 7%
1912 103 0.000104244 53 50 3%
1913 112 0.000098495 50 62 -11%
1914 145 0.000102376 64 81 -12%
1915 189 0.000103142 98 91 4%
1916 194 0.000100289 98 96 1%
1917 180 0.000089697 91 89 1%
1918 192 0.000088434 105 87 9%
1919 201 0.00009525 109 92 8%
1920 195 0.000086182 98 97 1%
1921 203 0.000086956 96 107 -5%
1922 211 0.000092174 102 109 -3%
1923 167 0.00007253 75 92 -10%
1924 208 0.000087336 111 97 7%
1925 200 0.000085715 102 98 2%
1926 194 0.000084498 90 104 -7%
1927 167 0.000072003 58 109 -31%
1928 154 0.000068113 62 92 -19%
1929 146 0.000066601 71 75 -3%
1930 145 0.000065219 55 90 -24%
1931 128 0.000060825 43 85 -33%
1932 117 0.000055416 41 76 -30%
1933 101 0.000050514 39 62 -23%
1934 94 0.000045262 39 55 -17%
1935 110 0.000052634 39 71 -29%
1936 103 0.000049577 30 73 -42%
1937 73 0.000034262 33 40 -10%
1938 83 0.000037513 19 64 -54%
1939 91 0.000041299 27 64 -41%
1940 70 0.000030399 32 38 -9%
1941 73 0.000029962 34 39 -7%
1942 71 0.00002599 26 45 -27%
1943 94 0.000033303 33 61 -30%
1944 71 0.000026393 27 44 -24%
1945 101 0.000038071 53 48 5%
1946 74 0.000023159 31 43 -16%
1947 74 0.000020542 35 39 -5%
1948 80 0.000023171 33 47 -17%
1949 58 0.000016644 22 36 -24%
1950 72 0.000020552 31 41 -14%
1951 64 0.000017374 18 46 -44%
1952 59 0.000015534 18 41 -39%
1953 51 0.000013234 18 33 -29%
1954 46 0.000011556 16 30 -30%
1955 56 0.000013947 23 33 -18%
1956 50 0.000012127 11 39 -56%
1957 57 0.000013565 20 37 -30%
1958 46 0.000011127 11 35 -52%
1959 44 0.000010582 8 36 -64%
1960 49 0.000011796 7 42 -71%
1961 51 0.000012312 16 35 -37%
1962 38 0.000009417 12 26 -37%
1963 40 0.000010106 8 32 -60%
1964 52 0.000013376 13 39 -50%
1965 43 0.000011861 43 -100%
1966 29 0.000008344 6 23 -59%
1967 29 0.000008542 29 -100%
1968 24 0.000007104 24 -100%
1969 34 0.000009783 5 29 -71%
1970 35 0.000009705 7 28 -60%
1971 23 0.000006701 23 -100%
1972 26 0.000008272 26 -100%
1973 27 0.00000895 27 -100%
1974 32 0.000010526 32 -100%
1975 63 0.000020865 6 57 -81%
1976 58 0.000019115 58 -100%
1977 51 0.000016055 51 -100%
1978 46 0.000014493 46 -100%
1979 44 0.000013225 6 38 -73%
1980 36 0.000010451 36 -100%
1981 31 0.000008961 31 -100%
1982 33 0.000009407 33 -100%
1983 27 0.000007796 27 -100%
1984 23 0.000006593 23 -100%
1985 76 0.000021294 76 -100%
1986 85 0.000023896 85 -100%
1987 75 0.000020801 75 -100%
1988 77 0.000020839 77 -100%
1989 77 0.000020029 77 -100%
1990 66 0.000016698 66 -100%
1991 66 0.000016944 5 61 -85%
1992 59 0.000015359 59 -100%
1993 50 0.000013262 50 -100%
1994 54 0.000014525 54 -100%
1995 56 0.000015292 56 -100%
1996 53 0.000014532 53 -100%
1997 62 0.0000171 62 -100%
1998 63 0.000017128 63 -100%
1999 76 0.000020575 76 -100%
2000 101 0.00002672 101 -100%
2001 84 0.00002244 84 -100%
2002 103 0.000027553 5 98 -90%
2003 109 0.000028667 109 -100%
2004 133 0.000034808 133 -100%
2005 139 0.000036152 139 -100%
2006 156 0.000039432 156 -100%
2007 191 0.000047778 191 -100%
2008 188 0.000047829 188 -100%
2009 187 0.000048951 187 -100%
2010 221 0.000059799 221 -100%
2011 245 0.00006698 245 -100%
2012 287 0.000078472 287 -100%
2013 364 0.000099845 364 -100%
2014 550 0.000148393 550 -100%
2015 765 0.000206706 765 -100%
2016 963 0.000262491 11 952 -98%
2017 1239 0.000346458 7 1232 -99%
2018 1561 0.000443983 7 1554 -99%
2019 2049 0.000590331 31 2018 -97%
2020 2269 0.000679224 44 2225 -96%
2021 2767 0.000816718 64 2703 -95%
2022 3689 0.001090409 50 3639 -97%
2023 4179 0.001262082 42 4137 -98%
2024 4141 0.001244104 31 4110 -99%

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