How Many People Are Named Teddy?
people named Teddy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 16,508 people in the US has this name
Based on 35,402 babies named Teddy in Social Security records from 1890 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
637 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of EDWARD or THEODORE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Teddy, 5.6% were girls and 94.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1900s: 11.2% of the babies were girls then and 17.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Teddy alive today is about 53 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 39 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Teddy first appears in the records in 1890 and was given most often in 1949, to 637 babies. In 2025, 357 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1890 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Teddy has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #239, in 1933. In 2025 it ranked #823.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #823 |
| Best rank | #239 (1933) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #319 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Teddy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Teddy were born in California than in any other state: about 1,512 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Teddy was given 3.6 times as often in West Virginia, 2.8 times in Oklahoma and 2.6 times in Kentucky.
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