girls:
1.7k births since 1905
#4088 (28th percentile)
boys:
33.1k births since 1890
#621 (86th percentile)
overall:
34.7k births since 1890
#1349 (83rd percentile)
The name Teddy is the #1,349 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 34,729 recorded births since 1890. This represents the 82.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #621 (86.5% percentile) for all time with 33,055 births since 1890. For girls, it ranks #4,088 (28.5% percentile) for all time with 1,674 births since 1905.
Teddy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1890 (1890 for boys and 1905 for girls). Birth data for Teddy is available in 127 out of the 134 years between 1890 and 2023 (127 years for boys and 102 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Teddy has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 77.9% of babies named Teddy were boys.
For boys, Teddy reached its peak popularity in 1949, achieving the 56.4% percentile (ranked #256) with 340 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 467 births per million (ranked 56.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Teddy ranks #698 for boys (23.4% percentile) with 120 births per million, which is 25.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Teddy reached its peak popularity in 1943, achieving the 8.5% percentile (ranked #574) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 1943, with 40 births per million (ranked 8.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Teddy ranks #890 for girls (6.0% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 87.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Teddy".
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