Theodore

girls:

949 births since 1901

#4767 (17th percentile)

boys:

291.7k births since 1880

#123 (97th percentile)

overall:

292.6k births since 1880

#263 (97th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Theodore".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
949
Peak Births
30
Peak Year
1929
First Recorded
1901
Peak Percentile
4.2%
Current Percentile
0.6%
Peak Rank
#327
Current Rank
#941
Female statistics
Total Births
291,668
Peak Births
11,041
Peak Year
2023
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
99.3%
Current Percentile
99.3%
Peak Rank
#7
Current Rank
#7
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Theodore

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Theodore. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 42.5% confident that Theodore is pronounced as THEE-uh-DOR. The next most likely pronunciation is THEE-uh-dor, at 40.0% confidence.

THEE-uh-DOR (3 syllables)
Verified
42.5% confidence
TH IY1 AH0 D AO1 R
THEE-uh-dor (3 syllables)
Verified
40.0% confidence
TH IY1 AH0 D AO0 R
THEE-uh-dor (3 syllables)
8.8% confidence
DH IY1 AH0 D AO0 R
THEE-uh-DOR (3 syllables)
8.8% confidence
DH IY1 AH0 D AO1 R

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Theodore. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Theodore, please vote using the thumbs up button.

thee-uh-DAW-ruh (4 syllables)
2 names 13.3k births
TH IY0 AH0 D AO1 R AH0

Names with this pronunciation:

THEE-dor (2 syllables)
2 names 5.1k births
TH IY1 D AO0 R

Names with this pronunciation:

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like TH IY1 AH0 D AO1 R) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.