girls:
9 births since 1970
#5707 (0th percentile)
boys:
372 births since 1924
#4214 (8th percentile)
overall:
381 births since 1924
#7358 (5th percentile)
The name Theon is the #7,358 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 381 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 4.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,214 (8.1% percentile) for all time with 372 births since 1924. For girls, it ranks #5,707 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 9 births since 1970.
Theon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (1924 for boys and 1970 for girls). Birth data for Theon is available in 35 out of the 100 years between 1924 and 2023 (35 years for boys and 1 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 Theon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Theon reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #895) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Theon ranks #890 for boys (2.3% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 78.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Theon reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #769) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1970.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Theon".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Theon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.9% confident that Theon is pronounced as THEE-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is THEE-ahn, at 31.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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