# Theophile (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/theophile/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 221 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 221 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 10 | 2,969 |
| 1922 | 6 | 4,264 |
| 1923 | 8 | 3,436 |
| 1924 | 6 | 4,302 |
| 1925 | 7 | 3,713 |
| 1926 | 9 | 3,119 |
| 1927 | 6 | 4,167 |
| 1928 | 15 | 2,149 |
| 1930 | 7 | 3,564 |
| 1931 | 10 | 2,633 |
| 1936 | 9 | 2,607 |
| 1994 | 6 | 8,699 |
| 2009 | 6 | 12,328 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9,589 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,852 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Theophile

- Théophile de Viau, French poet (1590-1626)
- Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (1852-1923)
- Théophile de Donder, Belgian physicist (1872–1957)
- Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer (1954-2012)
- Théophile Alexis Durand, Belgian botanist (1855–1912)
- Théophile Obenga, Congolese academic and politician
- Théophile Homolle, French archaeologist and hellenist (1848-1925)
- Théophile Ferré, French politician (1846–1871)
- Théophile Aube, French admiral (1826-1890)
- Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne, French officer
- Théophile Marion Dumersan, French writer
- Théophile Seyrig, french-belgian engineer (1843–1923)

## 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.