How Many People Are Named Todd?

242,447

people named Todd are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 1,409 people in the US has this name

Based on 283,390 babies named Todd in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#218

⭐ Uncommon

Rank Among Boy Names

#103

See the top 100

Peak Year

1964

15,397 births

Trend

→

Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: TAHD (American English), TAWD (British English)
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From a surname meaning "fox", derived from Middle English todde.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Todd in English. Counting Todd and these spellings together, about 248,550 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.4%
Male
99.6%

Almost all of the babies given the name Todd (99.6%) were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Todd alive today is about 53 years old, and 66% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 48 and 61 in 2025.

Under 30 9,717
4%
30 to 59 160,521
66.2%
60 and over 72,209
29.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Todd first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1964, to 15,397 babies. In 2025, 105 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Todd never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #28, in 1964 and 1968 to 1970, and it was in the top 100 for 27 years, 1959 to 1985. In 2025 it ranked #1,618.

Boys
Rank in 2025#1,618
Best rank#28 (1964 and 1968 to 1970)
Years in the top 10027 (1959 to 1985)
Rank in its biggest decade#31 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Todd alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Todd were born in California than in any other state: about 19,322 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Todd was given 2.9 times as often in South Dakota, 2.6 times in North Dakota and 2.4 times in Minnesota.

California 19,322
Ohio 18,653
New York 16,010
Michigan 15,984
Pennsylvania 15,342
Illinois 13,702
Wisconsin 11,326
Minnesota 10,215
Indiana 8,277
Texas 7,731
Iowa 7,078
Florida 5,708
New Jersey 5,691
Massachusetts 5,691
Washington 5,519
Missouri 5,091
Louisiana 4,160
Connecticut 3,812
Nebraska 3,393
Virginia 3,363
North Carolina 3,344
Utah 3,193
Maryland 3,126
Oregon 3,121
Colorado 3,105
Kansas 3,093
Kentucky 3,052
Georgia 2,835
Oklahoma 2,231
Tennessee 2,230
South Dakota 2,153
Arizona 1,942
North Dakota 1,932
West Virginia 1,698
Maine 1,535
Alabama 1,534
Idaho 1,530
South Carolina 1,391
Arkansas 1,254
Montana 1,145
New Hampshire 1,014
Rhode Island 931
Mississippi 921
Vermont 903
Hawaii 848
District of Columbia 741
New Mexico 678
Nevada 618
Wyoming 547
Delaware 398
Alaska 385

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