# Todd (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/todd/  
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 | /tɑd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Tod |
| US babies named this | 283,390 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 282,330 / 1,060 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,672, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 29 | 2,853 |
| 1979 | 28 | 3,068 |
| 1980 | 25 | 3,406 |
| 1981 | 28 | 3,141 |
| 1982 | 32 | 2,897 |
| 1983 | 20 | 3,942 |
| 1984 | 14 | 5,203 |
| 1985 | 19 | 4,277 |
| 1986 | 11 | 6,575 |
| 1987 | 19 | 4,467 |
| 1988 | 20 | 4,488 |
| 1989 | 10 | 7,996 |
| 1990 | 7 | 11,327 |
| 1994 | 5 | 15,612 |
| 1998 | 5 | 16,428 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 244 | 866 |
| 2012 | 237 | 887 |
| 2013 | 207 | 969 |
| 2014 | 180 | 1,078 |
| 2015 | 212 | 976 |
| 2016 | 185 | 1,072 |
| 2017 | 162 | 1,163 |
| 2018 | 158 | 1,198 |
| 2019 | 157 | 1,216 |
| 2020 | 123 | 1,413 |
| 2021 | 115 | 1,537 |
| 2022 | 123 | 1,477 |
| 2023 | 112 | 1,565 |
| 2024 | 108 | 1,597 |
| 2025 | 105 | 1,618 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,124 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,001 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,187 |
| 2017 | 23 | 1,178 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,194 |
| 2019 | 25 | 1,083 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,218 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,469 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Todd

- Todd Phillips, American filmmaker (born 1970)
- Todd Haynes, American film director and screenwriter (born 1961)
- Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player
- Todd Graff, American actor, writer and director
- Todd Howard, American video game designer, director, and producer (born 1970)
- Todd McFarlane, Canadian artist and entrepreneur (born 1961)
- Todd Rundgren, American musician, songwriter, and record producer
- Todd Martin, American tennis player
- Todd Field, American actor and filmmaker (born 1964)
- Todd Solondz, American filmmaker (born 1959)
- Todd Cantwell, English association football player
- Todd Boehly, American businessman and investor

## 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.