first name
TEDDY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,310 people named Teddy, 70.7% reported their origin as White, 11.4% as Black and 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 94.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Teddy peaked in 1949, when 637 babies got the name.
At least 35,402 babies have been given the name since 1890. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Teddy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #540. The largest share of babies named Teddy, 30.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Teddy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Teddy has been most common in West Virginia (4.6×), Oklahoma (3.1×), and Kentucky (2.9×), and least common in Minnesota (0.16×).
28,319 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Teddy
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Teddy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Teddy ranks #54,873 of 156,621, with 405 people. See Teddy as a last name
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