# Titus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/titus/  
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 | “honorable”, “strong”, “of the giants” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtaɪtəs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 26,823 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 26,811 / 12 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 259, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Titus, a Roman and Sabine praenomen meaning either "honorable" or "strong; of the giants".

## What it means

Titus is grouped under strong.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 6 | 9,560 |
| 2016 | 6 | 16,078 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 825 | 362 |
| 2012 | 855 | 358 |
| 2013 | 1,067 | 316 |
| 2014 | 1,278 | 282 |
| 2015 | 1,325 | 280 |
| 2016 | 1,296 | 282 |
| 2017 | 1,182 | 298 |
| 2018 | 1,100 | 309 |
| 2019 | 1,045 | 319 |
| 2020 | 944 | 340 |
| 2021 | 914 | 356 |
| 2022 | 910 | 362 |
| 2023 | 869 | 374 |
| 2024 | 848 | 383 |
| 2025 | 910 | 358 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Տիտոս
- Bulgarian: Тит
- Chinese: 泰特斯
- Czech: Titus
- Danish: Titus
- Dutch: Titus
- Estonian: Tiit
- Finnish: Tiitus
- French: Tite
- Georgian: ტიტუსი
- German: Titus
- Greek: Τίτος
- Hebrew: טִיטוּס
- Hungarian: Titusz
- Icelandic: Títus
- Irish: Títeas
- Italian: Tito
- Japanese: テトス
- Latin: Titus
- Latvian: Titam

## People named Titus

- Titus Welliver, American actor (born 1962)
- Titus Bramble, English former professional footballer
- Titus Brandsma, Dutch Carmelite friar, Catholic priest, professor of philosophy and saint (1881–1942)
- Titus O'Neil, American wrestler and football player
- Titus Oates, English perjurer (1649-1705)
- Titus van Rijn, Child of Dutch painter Rembrandt (1641-1668)
- Titus Odell Makin Jr., American actor (born 1989)
- Titus De Voogdt, Belgian actor
- Titus Salt, English industrialist and philanthropist (1803-1876)

## 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.