# Ted (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ted/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Tedd |
| US babies named this | 75,424 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 75,160 / 264 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,237, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 5 | 5,299 |
| 1943 | 7 | 4,160 |
| 1944 | 8 | 3,655 |
| 1949 | 5 | 5,972 |
| 1951 | 5 | 6,137 |
| 1954 | 5 | 6,537 |
| 1956 | 5 | 6,795 |
| 1958 | 5 | 6,938 |
| 1961 | 5 | 7,430 |
| 1963 | 5 | 7,542 |
| 1967 | 10 | 4,590 |
| 1969 | 5 | 8,561 |
| 1971 | 7 | 7,307 |
| 1972 | 5 | 9,519 |
| 1980 | 6 | 10,269 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 2,052 |
| 2012 | 67 | 2,064 |
| 2013 | 73 | 1,930 |
| 2014 | 59 | 2,272 |
| 2015 | 48 | 2,598 |
| 2016 | 56 | 2,363 |
| 2017 | 56 | 2,340 |
| 2018 | 49 | 2,613 |
| 2019 | 55 | 2,461 |
| 2020 | 35 | 3,261 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,172 |
| 2022 | 41 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 43 | 2,943 |
| 2024 | 44 | 2,906 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,229 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 201 | 237 |
| 2012 | 227 | 226 |
| 2013 | 314 | 179 |
| 2014 | 366 | 155 |
| 2015 | 379 | 150 |
| 2016 | 368 | 160 |
| 2017 | 314 | 179 |
| 2018 | 333 | 167 |
| 2019 | 316 | 172 |
| 2020 | 247 | 203 |
| 2021 | 273 | 199 |
| 2022 | 209 | 233 |
| 2023 | 195 | 244 |
| 2024 | 212 | 232 |
| 2025 | 176 | 262 |

## People named Ted

- Ted Turner, American media mogul (1938–2026)
- Ted Danson, American actor (born 1947)
- Ted Nelson, American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist
- Ted Nugent, American rock musician
- Ted Ligety, American alpine skier
- Ted DiBiase Jr., American professional wrestler and actor
- Ted Stevens, American politician (1923–2010)
- Ted Chiang, American science fiction writer
- Ted DiBiase, American professional wrestler
- Ted McGinley, American actor (born 1958)
- Ted Kotcheff, Canadian film and television director (1931–2025)
- Ted Kaufman, American politician and businessman (born 1939)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.