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How popular is “Theophil” in the USA?

Number of people named “Theophil” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Theophil” by birth year

This chart shows how “Theophil” 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
1912 11 0.000011133 11 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 20 0.000010914 20 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 14 0.000006634 14 -100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 -100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 -100%
1922 10 0.000004368 10 -100%
1923 12 0.000005212 12 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 -100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Theophil:

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  2. Theonita
  3. Theopa
  4. Theopal
  5. Theophane
  6. Theophil (this page)
  7. Theophila
  8. Theophile
  9. Theophilia
  10. Theophilos
  11. Theophilus