# Theodor (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/theodor/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,216 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,216 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 800, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 4,095 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,843 |
| 2013 | 45 | 2,664 |
| 2014 | 56 | 2,342 |
| 2015 | 54 | 2,408 |
| 2016 | 62 | 2,203 |
| 2017 | 54 | 2,414 |
| 2018 | 65 | 2,164 |
| 2019 | 85 | 1,814 |
| 2020 | 79 | 1,892 |
| 2021 | 70 | 2,094 |
| 2022 | 88 | 1,836 |
| 2023 | 86 | 1,864 |
| 2024 | 71 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 76 | 2,004 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,086 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 28 | 1,012 |
| 2015 | 35 | 873 |
| 2016 | 42 | 774 |
| 2017 | 54 | 650 |
| 2018 | 50 | 690 |
| 2019 | 52 | 663 |
| 2020 | 55 | 627 |
| 2021 | 76 | 514 |
| 2022 | 55 | 640 |
| 2023 | 54 | 651 |
| 2024 | 61 | 622 |
| 2025 | 63 | 606 |

## People named Theodor

- Theodor Mommsen, German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)
- Theodor Herzl, Austro-Hungarian journalist, writer, and father of modern political Zionism (1860–1904)
- Theodor Fontane, German novelist and poet (1819–1898)
- Theodor Heuss, German journalist and politician (1884-1963)
- Theodor Gebre Selassie, Czech footballer (born 1986)
- Theodor Nöldeke, German orientalist and scholar (1836–1930)
- Theodor Escherich, Austrian doctor (1857–1911)
- Theodor Stolojan, 54th Prime Minister of Romania (1991-1992)
- Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Duke in Bavaria (1839–1909)
- Theodor Busse, German general of infantry in the Second World War (1897-1986)
- Theodor Boveri, German geneticist (1862-1915)
- Theodor von Oppolzer, Austrian astronomer and mathematician (1841-1886)

## 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.