Theophilus is a rare spelling. It is summarised with Amadeus, which shares its sound and spelling pattern.
Meaning not yet researched.
Theophilus: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 57 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,048 in 1901.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,048 in 1901; #2,417 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Theophilus in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,417 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1901, at #1,048.
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Theophilus: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 57 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,048 in 1901 · most boys in one year: 68 (2022).
In 2025, 57 US boys were named Theophilus, making it the 2,417th most common boys’ name of the year, down 186 places from #2,231 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 65 boys named Theophilus in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,048, reached in 1901. The most boys given the name in a single year was 68, in 2022. For comparison, it was #3,358 in 2015 and #1,610 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Theophilus in 124 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 2,448 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 360 babies named Theophilus.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 519 US boys were named Theophilus; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 68. In 2025 that was about 1 in 29,966 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Theophilus ranked highest in Washington in 2025, at #985 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Amadeus (1,720 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Ophi.
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.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 50 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 6 | #985 | #1,086 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 57 | #2,417 |
| 2024 | — | — | 65 | #2,231 |
| 2023 | — | — | 63 | #2,272 |
| 2022 | — | — | 68 | #2,166 |
| 2021 | — | — | 44 | #2,855 |
| 2020 | — | — | 43 | #2,837 |
| 2019 | — | — | 42 | #2,939 |
| 2018 | — | — | 49 | #2,615 |
| 2017 | — | — | 40 | #3,001 |
| 2016 | — | — | 48 | #2,619 |
| 2015 | — | — | 34 | #3,358 |
| 2014 | — | — | 39 | #2,978 |
| 2013 | — | — | 38 | #2,991 |
| 2012 | — | — | 36 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | — | — | 18 | #5,177 |
| 2010 | — | — | 16 | #5,709 |
| 2009 | — | — | 17 | #5,529 |
| 2008 | — | — | 19 | #5,048 |
| 2007 | — | — | 26 | #3,991 |
| 2006 | — | — | 17 | #5,276 |
| 2005 | — | — | 24 | #3,933 |
| 2004 | — | — | 17 | #4,986 |
| 2003 | — | — | 27 | #3,434 |
| 2002 | — | — | 20 | #4,171 |
| 2001 | — | — | 16 | #4,869 |
| 2000 | — | — | 21 | #3,901 |
| 1999 | — | — | 24 | #3,361 |
| 1998 | — | — | 24 | #3,290 |
| 1997 | — | — | 23 | #3,252 |
| 1996 | — | — | 16 | #4,171 |
| 1995 | — | — | 10 | #5,879 |
| 1994 | — | — | 14 | #4,512 |
| 1993 | — | — | 13 | #4,669 |
| 1992 | — | — | 20 | #3,327 |
| 1991 | — | — | 12 | #4,735 |
| 1990 | — | — | 17 | #3,589 |
| 1989 | — | — | 14 | #4,006 |
| 1988 | — | — | 23 | #2,590 |
| 1987 | — | — | 14 | #3,492 |
| 1986 | — | — | 13 | #3,632 |
| 1985 | — | — | 13 | #3,581 |
| 1984 | — | — | 12 | #3,671 |
| 1983 | — | — | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1982 | — | — | 17 | #2,816 |
| 1981 | — | — | 22 | #2,328 |
| 1980 | — | — | 16 | #2,946 |
| 1979 | — | — | 19 | #2,559 |
| 1978 | — | — | 15 | #2,915 |
| 1977 | — | — | 32 | #1,703 |
| 1976 | — | — | 11 | #3,460 |
| 1975 | — | — | 22 | #2,124 |
| 1974 | — | — | 15 | #2,662 |
| 1973 | — | — | 15 | #2,597 |
| 1972 | — | — | 15 | #2,523 |
| 1971 | — | — | 20 | #2,115 |
| 1970 | — | — | 11 | #3,054 |
| 1969 | — | — | 13 | #2,538 |
| 1968 | — | — | 14 | #2,302 |
| 1967 | — | — | 19 | #1,850 |
| 1966 | — | — | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1965 | — | — | 18 | #1,912 |
| 1964 | — | — | 11 | #2,650 |
| 1963 | — | — | 13 | #2,403 |
| 1962 | — | — | 13 | #2,353 |
| 1961 | — | — | 12 | #2,530 |
| 1960 | — | — | 16 | #2,111 |
| 1959 | — | — | 16 | #2,100 |
| 1958 | — | — | 17 | #2,017 |
| 1957 | — | — | 27 | #1,545 |
| 1956 | — | — | 18 | #1,941 |
| 1955 | — | — | 24 | #1,606 |
| 1954 | — | — | 28 | #1,463 |
| 1953 | — | — | 20 | #1,762 |
| 1952 | — | — | 21 | #1,696 |
| 1951 | — | — | 21 | #1,676 |
| 1950 | — | — | 22 | #1,610 |
| 1949 | — | — | 25 | #1,497 |
| 1948 | — | — | 25 | #1,484 |
| 1947 | — | — | 19 | #1,783 |
| 1946 | — | — | 18 | #1,752 |
| 1945 | — | — | 13 | #2,003 |
| 1944 | — | — | 14 | #1,977 |
| 1943 | — | — | 9 | #2,716 |
| 1942 | — | — | 12 | #2,256 |
| 1941 | — | — | 7 | #3,109 |
| 1940 | — | — | 10 | #2,464 |
| 1939 | — | — | 9 | #2,597 |
| 1938 | — | — | 17 | #1,736 |
| 1937 | — | — | 10 | #2,467 |
| 1936 | — | — | 11 | #2,288 |
| 1935 | — | — | 8 | #2,921 |
| 1934 | — | — | 15 | #1,923 |
| 1933 | — | — | 16 | #1,824 |
| 1932 | — | — | 12 | #2,307 |
| 1931 | — | — | 19 | #1,686 |
| 1930 | — | — | 18 | #1,812 |
| 1929 | — | — | 17 | #1,921 |
| 1928 | — | — | 15 | #2,150 |
| 1927 | — | — | 19 | #1,865 |
| 1926 | — | — | 12 | #2,553 |
| 1925 | — | — | 17 | #2,001 |
| 1924 | — | — | 30 | #1,379 |
| 1923 | — | — | 10 | #2,918 |
| 1922 | — | — | 22 | #1,690 |
| 1921 | — | — | 28 | #1,446 |
| 1920 | — | — | 21 | #1,739 |
| 1919 | — | — | 24 | #1,528 |
| 1918 | — | — | 24 | #1,531 |
| 1917 | — | — | 20 | #1,688 |
| 1916 | — | — | 15 | #2,036 |
| 1915 | — | — | 20 | #1,597 |
| 1914 | — | — | 15 | #1,677 |
| 1913 | — | — | 15 | #1,430 |
| 1912 | — | — | 7 | #2,247 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,285 |
| 1910 | — | — | 7 | #1,410 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,264 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,330 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,189 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #1,048 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,169 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,087 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,109 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,080 |
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).