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 | 0.000852751 | 185 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 211 | 0.000866669 | 211 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 199 | 0.000826227 | 199 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 258 | 0.001010509 | 258 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 201 | 0.000812472 | 201 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 249 | 0.000831458 | 249 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 231 | 0.000799457 | 231 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 190 | 0.000630389 | 190 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 224 | 0.000781381 | 224 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 239 | 0.000714768 | 239 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 209 | 0.000642636 | 209 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 241 | 0.000711565 | 241 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 208 | 0.000592557 | 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 | 0.000952785 | 429 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 456 | 0.001318636 | 6 | 450 | -97% |
| 1902 | 642 | 0.00166006 | 642 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 668 | 0.001752352 | 5 | 663 | -99% |
| 1904 | 834 | 0.002066991 | 834 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 834 | 0.001967334 | 834 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 693 | 0.001617454 | 5 | 688 | -99% |
| 1907 | 712 | 0.001529896 | 712 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 648 | 0.001326103 | 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 | 0.001587959 | 8 | 1561 | -99% |
| 1913 | 1656 | 0.001456322 | 6 | 1650 | -99% |
| 1914 | 1936 | 0.001366898 | 7 | 1929 | -99% |
| 1915 | 2511 | 0.001370312 | 7 | 2504 | -99% |
| 1916 | 2649 | 0.001369406 | 8 | 2641 | -99% |
| 1917 | 2820 | 0.001405257 | 11 | 2809 | -99% |
| 1918 | 3159 | 0.001455015 | 16 | 3143 | -99% |
| 1919 | 3441 | 0.001630615 | 17 | 3424 | -99% |
| 1920 | 3235 | 0.001429744 | 16 | 3219 | -99% |
| 1921 | 3179 | 0.001361746 | 7 | 3172 | -100% |
| 1922 | 3230 | 0.001411001 | 14 | 3216 | -99% |
| 1923 | 3176 | 0.00137938 | 19 | 3157 | -99% |
| 1924 | 3240 | 0.001360423 | 15 | 3225 | -99% |
| 1925 | 3241 | 0.001389017 | 15 | 3226 | -99% |
| 1926 | 3146 | 0.001370271 | 17 | 3129 | -99% |
| 1927 | 3148 | 0.00135727 | 24 | 3124 | -98% |
| 1928 | 2942 | 0.001301238 | 25 | 2917 | -98% |
| 1929 | 2932 | 0.001337499 | 30 | 2902 | -98% |
| 1930 | 2978 | 0.001339458 | 20 | 2958 | -99% |
| 1931 | 2687 | 0.001276869 | 20 | 2667 | -99% |
| 1932 | 2689 | 0.001273636 | 15 | 2674 | -99% |
| 1933 | 2623 | 0.001311873 | 12 | 2611 | -99% |
| 1934 | 2541 | 0.001223516 | 18 | 2523 | -99% |
| 1935 | 2439 | 0.001167057 | 6 | 2433 | -100% |
| 1936 | 2228 | 0.001072411 | 9 | 2219 | -99% |
| 1937 | 2326 | 0.001091695 | 11 | 2315 | -99% |
| 1938 | 2370 | 0.001071152 | 9 | 2361 | -99% |
| 1939 | 2207 | 0.001001623 | 11 | 2196 | -99% |
| 1940 | 2313 | 0.001004501 | 7 | 2306 | -99% |
| 1941 | 2336 | 0.0009588 | 5 | 2331 | -100% |
| 1942 | 2670 | 0.000977393 | 6 | 2664 | -100% |
| 1943 | 2621 | 0.000928591 | 5 | 2616 | -100% |
| 1944 | 2585 | 0.000960947 | 11 | 2574 | -99% |
| 1945 | 2353 | 0.000886964 | 6 | 2347 | -99% |
| 1946 | 2618 | 0.000819335 | 6 | 2612 | -100% |
| 1947 | 2932 | 0.000813933 | 5 | 2927 | -100% |
| 1948 | 2839 | 0.000822301 | 11 | 2828 | -99% |
| 1949 | 3047 | 0.000874384 | 6 | 3041 | -100% |
| 1950 | 2968 | 0.000847185 | 8 | 2960 | -99% |
| 1951 | 3224 | 0.000875202 | 7 | 3217 | -100% |
| 1952 | 3278 | 0.000863084 | 10 | 3268 | -99% |
| 1953 | 2950 | 0.000765516 | 13 | 2937 | -99% |
| 1954 | 3085 | 0.000774992 | 13 | 3072 | -99% |
| 1955 | 2984 | 0.000743207 | 7 | 2977 | -100% |
| 1956 | 2962 | 0.000718402 | 5 | 2957 | -100% |
| 1957 | 2766 | 0.000658248 | 8 | 2758 | -99% |
| 1958 | 2519 | 0.000609301 | 15 | 2504 | -99% |
| 1959 | 2404 | 0.00057834 | 8 | 2396 | -99% |
| 1960 | 2393 | 0.000576082 | 11 | 2382 | -99% |
| 1961 | 2315 | 0.000558915 | 15 | 2300 | -99% |
| 1962 | 2329 | 0.000577225 | 12 | 2317 | -99% |
| 1963 | 2395 | 0.000605053 | 9 | 2386 | -99% |
| 1964 | 2179 | 0.000560505 | 10 | 2169 | -99% |
| 1965 | 2148 | 0.000592473 | 7 | 2141 | -99% |
| 1966 | 1911 | 0.000549838 | 7 | 1904 | -99% |
| 1967 | 1868 | 0.00055024 | 13 | 1855 | -99% |
| 1968 | 1893 | 0.000560331 | 5 | 1888 | -99% |
| 1969 | 1957 | 0.000563109 | 12 | 1945 | -99% |
| 1970 | 1837 | 0.000509358 | 8 | 1829 | -99% |
| 1971 | 1676 | 0.000488305 | 11 | 1665 | -99% |
| 1972 | 1422 | 0.000452431 | 1422 | -100% | |
| 1973 | 1350 | 0.000447486 | 8 | 1342 | -99% |
| 1974 | 1287 | 0.000423355 | 19 | 1268 | -97% |
| 1975 | 1202 | 0.000398096 | 5 | 1197 | -99% |
| 1976 | 1186 | 0.000390863 | 13 | 1173 | -98% |
| 1977 | 1231 | 0.000387544 | 8 | 1223 | -99% |
| 1978 | 1224 | 0.000385655 | 12 | 1212 | -98% |
| 1979 | 1245 | 0.000374215 | 7 | 1238 | -99% |
| 1980 | 1200 | 0.000348382 | 6 | 1194 | -99% |
| 1981 | 1144 | 0.000330699 | 11 | 1133 | -98% |
| 1982 | 1197 | 0.000341226 | 6 | 1191 | -99% |
| 1983 | 1167 | 0.000336964 | 11 | 1156 | -98% |
| 1984 | 1074 | 0.000307855 | 5 | 1069 | -99% |
| 1985 | 1227 | 0.000343796 | 16 | 1211 | -97% |
| 1986 | 1270 | 0.000357048 | 13 | 1257 | -98% |
| 1987 | 1228 | 0.000340592 | 11 | 1217 | -98% |
| 1988 | 1247 | 0.000337496 | 9 | 1238 | -99% |
| 1989 | 1292 | 0.000336079 | 1292 | -100% | |
| 1990 | 1232 | 0.000311721 | 1232 | -100% | |
| 1991 | 1096 | 0.00028138 | 1096 | -100% | |
| 1992 | 1092 | 0.000284295 | 1092 | -100% | |
| 1993 | 1036 | 0.000274791 | 1036 | -100% | |
| 1994 | 940 | 0.000252859 | 940 | -100% | |
| 1995 | 956 | 0.000261058 | 956 | -100% | |
| 1996 | 905 | 0.000248146 | 905 | -100% | |
| 1997 | 956 | 0.000263678 | 956 | -100% | |
| 1998 | 983 | 0.000267258 | 983 | -100% | |
| 1999 | 913 | 0.000247174 | 913 | -100% | |
| 2000 | 934 | 0.000247104 | 934 | -100% | |
| 2001 | 935 | 0.000249782 | 935 | -100% | |
| 2002 | 975 | 0.000260825 | 975 | -100% | |
| 2003 | 964 | 0.00025355 | 964 | -100% | |
| 2004 | 1005 | 0.000263045 | 1005 | -100% | |
| 2005 | 1095 | 0.000284819 | 1095 | -100% | |
| 2006 | 1133 | 0.000286415 | 1133 | -100% | |
| 2007 | 1137 | 0.000284445 | 1137 | -100% | |
| 2008 | 1139 | 0.000289815 | 1139 | -100% | |
| 2009 | 1239 | 0.000324389 | 1239 | -100% | |
| 2010 | 1333 | 0.000360744 | 1333 | -100% | |
| 2011 | 1573 | 0.000430116 | 1573 | -100% | |
| 2012 | 1949 | 0.000533002 | 5 | 1944 | -99% |
| 2013 | 2428 | 0.000666154 | 2428 | -100% | |
| 2014 | 3228 | 0.000871157 | 3228 | -100% | |
| 2015 | 4154 | 0.001122748 | 4154 | -100% | |
| 2016 | 4917 | 0.001340687 | 7 | 4910 | -100% |
| 2017 | 5969 | 0.001669783 | 5969 | -100% | |
| 2018 | 7085 | 0.002016135 | 7085 | -100% | |
| 2019 | 7900 | 0.002277451 | 7 | 7893 | -100% |
| 2020 | 8649 | 0.002591193 | 14 | 8635 | -100% |
| 2021 | 9596 | 0.002835122 | 8 | 9588 | -100% |
| 2022 | 10815 | 0.003201019 | 15 | 10800 | -100% |
| 2023 | 11052 | 0.003351888 | 11 | 11041 | -100% |