first name
THERON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 7,539 people named Theron, 62.6% reported their origin as White, 25.6% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. 98.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Theron peaked in 1966, when 180 babies got the name.
At least 13,000 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.
Theron by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #1,066. The largest share of babies named Theron, 18.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Theron is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Theron has been most common in South Carolina (4.8×), Georgia (4.4×), and Louisiana (3.2×), and least common in Virginia (0.33×).
6,152 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 Theron
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Theron, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Theron ranks #80,054 of 156,621, with 256 people. See Theron as a last name
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