How rare is the name Theodora?

7,119 people in the United States have the first name Theodora, about 1 in 42,426. It ranks #3,097 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

THEODORA

#3,097

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,119
About
1 in 42,426
This common or more
81.6%
Who bears it

Of the 7,119 people named Theodora, 67.7% reported their origin as White, 17.6% as Black and 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Theodora peaked in 2022, when 426 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
426
In 2025*
384 ▼10%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,703 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Theodora by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #959. The largest share of babies named Theodora, 25.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,214107
1890s#1,012220
1900s#959342
1910s#1,0801,004
1920s#1,0281,618
1930s#1,1641,111
1940s#1,1551,411
1950s#1,6391,047
1960s#2,138715
1970s#3,231436
1980s#3,807428
1990s#4,530457
2000s#5,784447
2010s#3,2821,126
2020s#1,4482,234
Before 19012.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2720.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4518%
Baby boom 1946–6415.7%
Generation X 1965–806.1%
Millennials 1981–965.6%
Generation Z 1997–126%
2013 and later25.1%

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 Theodora is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Theodora has been most common in New York (3.2×), New Jersey (2.1×), and Pennsylvania (1.9×), and least common in Georgia (0.28×).

7,333 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 Theodora

#3,095 Jacquelin · 7,127#3,096 Sal · 7,124#3,098 Cuong · 7,113#3,099 Reva · 7,109

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Theodora, most common first.

#400 Theodore · 141,175#8,706 Theodor · 1,653#14,618 Theadora · 803#14,661 Theadore · 800#23,187 Thedore · 424#27,750 Theodoro · 328#50,999 Theodre · 116#52,900 Thedora · 104

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