Meaning not yet researched.
Teddy: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 301 in 2025. Its best rank was #239 in 1933.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #239 in 1933; #823 in 2025. About 84% of babies named Teddy in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#823 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1933, at #239.
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Teddy: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 301 boys in 2025. Peak: #239 in 1933 · most boys in one year: 613 (1949).
In 2025, 301 US boys were named Teddy, making it the 823rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 72 places from #895 in 2024. That is 36 more than the 265 boys named Teddy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #239, reached in 1933. The most boys given the name in a single year was 613, in 1949. For comparison, it was #1,716 in 2015 and #289 in 1950.
In 2025, 56 US girls were named Teddy, making it the 2,994th most common girls’ name of the year, up 513 places from #3,507 in 2024. That is 11 more than the 45 girls named Teddy in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,061, reached in 1943. The most girls given the name in a single year was 62, in 2023. For comparison, it was #11,752 in 2015 and #1,867 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Teddy in 129 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1890 with 6 babies. In all, 35,402 US babies have been given the name, 5.0% of them girls and 95% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 5,637 babies named Teddy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,705 US boys were named Teddy; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 301. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,675 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Teddy ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #464 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Teddi (2,014 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Teddie, Tedi and Thedy are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Teddie (2,539), Tedi (432), Thedy (10), Tedy (6), Teddye (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Teddy in the open dataset we use.
Teddy is listed as a nickname for Edward, Ted, Theodore.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 27 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 11 | #464 | — |
| Indiana | 14 | #508 | — |
| Wisconsin | 10 | #515 | — |
| Michigan | 16 | #538 | — |
| Utah | 8 | #554 | — |
| Iowa | 6 | #565 | — |
| Oregon | 6 | #593 | — |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #613 | — |
| Tennessee | 12 | #634 | — |
| North Carolina | 13 | #714 | — |
| South Carolina | 6 | #730 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #740 | — |
| New York | 20 | #743 | #1,465 |
| Ohio | 12 | #747 | — |
| Alabama | 6 | #757 | — |
| Georgia | 12 | #786 | — |
| Louisiana | 5 | #889 | — |
| Minnesota | 5 | #920 | — |
| Virginia | 7 | #956 | — |
| Missouri | 5 | #982 | — |
| Texas | 24 | #1,006 | #1,524 |
| Illinois | 8 | #1,006 | #1,513 |
| California | 22 | #1,009 | #1,852 |
| Florida | 12 | #1,119 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,994 | 301 | #823 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,507 | 265 | #895 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,785 | 222 | #996 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,588 | 212 | #1,043 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,931 | 169 | #1,169 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,866 | 135 | #1,334 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,893 | 121 | #1,449 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,760 | 99 | #1,647 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,295 | 97 | #1,641 |
| 2016 | 14 | #8,354 | 84 | #1,808 |
| 2015 | 9 | #11,752 | 91 | #1,716 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,684 | 72 | #1,995 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,936 | 65 | #2,088 |
| 2012 | 7 | #14,846 | 63 | #2,151 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,673 | 69 | #1,998 |
| 2010 | — | — | 69 | #2,005 |
| 2009 | — | — | 80 | #1,849 |
| 2008 | — | — | 73 | #1,966 |
| 2007 | 5 | #20,298 | 73 | #1,944 |
| 2006 | — | — | 78 | #1,785 |
| 2005 | 6 | #16,263 | 77 | #1,739 |
| 2004 | 5 | #18,575 | 68 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | — | — | 79 | #1,610 |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,863 | 76 | #1,607 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,958 | 86 | #1,450 |
| 2000 | — | — | 89 | #1,407 |
| 1999 | 6 | #14,269 | 96 | #1,282 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,957 | 91 | #1,319 |
| 1997 | 11 | #8,294 | 116 | #1,094 |
| 1996 | 11 | #8,089 | 129 | #978 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,924 | 95 | #1,191 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,564 | 120 | #1,015 |
| 1993 | 13 | #7,012 | 121 | #987 |
| 1992 | 9 | #9,433 | 127 | #954 |
| 1991 | 7 | #11,409 | 151 | #852 |
| 1990 | — | — | 165 | #792 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,408 | 163 | #780 |
| 1988 | 9 | #8,335 | 199 | #672 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,905 | 185 | #674 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,454 | 187 | #654 |
| 1985 | 5 | #12,324 | 149 | #725 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,359 | 160 | #687 |
| 1983 | — | — | 195 | #613 |
| 1982 | — | — | 220 | #582 |
| 1981 | — | — | 241 | #544 |
| 1980 | — | — | 251 | #542 |
| 1979 | 9 | #7,266 | 291 | #486 |
| 1978 | 5 | #11,318 | 244 | #527 |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,536 | 287 | #477 |
| 1976 | — | — | 289 | #461 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,950 | 277 | #482 |
| 1974 | 5 | #10,096 | 270 | #486 |
| 1973 | — | — | 269 | #481 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,499 | 333 | #435 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,571 | 372 | #416 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,996 | 377 | #422 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,928 | 448 | #371 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,598 | 470 | #357 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,591 | 451 | #352 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,829 | 512 | #334 |
| 1965 | 8 | #5,251 | 524 | #329 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,607 | 556 | #332 |
| 1963 | 8 | #5,248 | 548 | #336 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,994 | 571 | #330 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,774 | 609 | #318 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,497 | 591 | #321 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,242 | 574 | #324 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,571 | 565 | #324 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,213 | 568 | #322 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,306 | 562 | #313 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,336 | 486 | #337 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,514 | 477 | #331 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,425 | 533 | #310 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,261 | 540 | #308 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,696 | 562 | #289 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,867 | 549 | #289 |
| 1949 | 24 | #2,007 | 613 | #264 |
| 1948 | 32 | #1,664 | 538 | #296 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,627 | 509 | #307 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,855 | 553 | #272 |
| 1945 | 45 | #1,184 | 472 | #276 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,430 | 505 | #265 |
| 1943 | 58 | #1,061 | 504 | #269 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,345 | 516 | #261 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,689 | 484 | #253 |
| 1940 | 28 | #1,469 | 451 | #263 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,631 | 421 | #265 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,286 | 449 | #256 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,446 | 434 | #259 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,440 | 431 | #259 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,772 | 414 | #267 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,829 | 457 | #253 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,597 | 476 | #239 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,565 | 462 | #252 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,864 | 424 | #264 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,541 | 417 | #278 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,637 | 378 | #287 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,370 | 388 | #286 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,929 | 313 | #324 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,714 | 311 | #324 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,182 | 262 | #367 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,502 | 292 | #344 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,080 | 277 | #357 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,349 | 233 | #394 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,408 | 275 | #363 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,343 | 238 | #387 |
| 1919 | 18 | #2,053 | 239 | #375 |
| 1918 | 11 | #3,005 | 260 | #362 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,536 | 181 | #420 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,880 | 146 | #476 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,881 | 132 | #486 |
| 1914 | — | — | 80 | #561 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,315 | 37 | #787 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,936 | 55 | #544 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,940 | 21 | #703 |
| 1910 | — | — | 23 | #619 |
| 1909 | — | — | 16 | #709 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,837 | 12 | #819 |
| 1907 | — | — | 20 | #555 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,544 | 17 | #584 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,201 | 21 | #505 |
| 1904 | — | — | 17 | #562 |
| 1903 | — | — | 14 | #615 |
| 1902 | — | — | 11 | #735 |
| 1901 | — | — | 15 | #530 |
| 1900 | — | — | 16 | #646 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,275 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #934 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #986 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).