# Theodora (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/theodora/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Theo |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,703 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 49 / 12,654 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,573, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Ancient Greek feminine form of Theodore.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 2,864 |
| 2012 | 68 | 2,651 |
| 2013 | 96 | 2,031 |
| 2014 | 85 | 2,233 |
| 2015 | 81 | 2,315 |
| 2016 | 108 | 1,889 |
| 2017 | 107 | 1,899 |
| 2018 | 159 | 1,411 |
| 2019 | 314 | 853 |
| 2020 | 328 | 836 |
| 2021 | 387 | 738 |
| 2022 | 426 | 688 |
| 2023 | 363 | 778 |
| 2024 | 346 | 811 |
| 2025 | 384 | 726 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 5 | 4,331 |
| 1917 | 5 | 4,519 |
| 1920 | 5 | 4,917 |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,769 |
| 1927 | 6 | 4,165 |
| 1928 | 5 | 4,671 |
| 1934 | 5 | 4,150 |
| 1939 | 7 | 3,083 |
| 1957 | 6 | 3,953 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 1,196 |
| 2012 | 38 | 955 |
| 2013 | 52 | 750 |
| 2014 | 82 | 516 |
| 2015 | 56 | 708 |
| 2016 | 69 | 615 |
| 2017 | 67 | 624 |
| 2018 | 97 | 449 |
| 2019 | 132 | 340 |
| 2020 | 122 | 364 |
| 2021 | 117 | 387 |
| 2022 | 121 | 355 |
| 2023 | 107 | 386 |
| 2024 | 112 | 388 |
| 2025 | 121 | 353 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: ثيودورة
- Armenian: Թեոդորա
- Bulgarian: Теодора
- Catalan: Teodora
- Danish: Theodora
- French: Théodora
- German: Theda, Theodora
- Greek: Θεοδώρα
- Hungarian: Teodóra
- Italian: Teodora
- Japanese: テオドラ
- Polish: Teodora
- Portuguese: Teodora
- Romanian: Teodora
- Russian: Теодора
- Spanish: Teodora
- Swedish: Teodora

## People named Theodora

- Theodora Porphyrogenita, Byzantine empress regnant (984-1056)
- Theodora, 9th-century Byzantine empress, wife of Theophilos
- Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, Duchess consort of Austria
- Theodora, 10th-century Byzantine empress, wife of Romanos I
- Theodora, Byzantine empress, daughter of Constantine VII

## 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.