How common is the name Todd?

238,713 people in the United States have the first name Todd, about 1 in 1,265. It ranks #238 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TODD

#238

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
238,713
About
1 in 1,265
This common or more
44.7%
Who bears it

Of the 238,713 people named Todd, 91.7% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as Black and 2.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Todd peaked in 1964, when 15,397 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
1964
Births that year
15,397
In 2025*
105 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 283,390 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.

Todd by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #63. The largest share of babies named Todd, 55.9%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1880s#2,33518
1900s#3,46323
1910s#3,850112
1920s#3,203228
1930s#2,062398
1940s#9342,169
1950s#34518,618
1960s#63129,151
1970s#7183,705
1980s#20030,523
1990s#49711,631
2000s#1,2394,122
2010s#2,2022,006
2020s#3,252686
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–6427.7%
Generation X 1965–8055.9%
Millennials 1981–9612.6%
Generation Z 1997–122.5%
2013 and later0.7%

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 Todd is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Todd has been most common in South Dakota (2.7×), Wisconsin (2.4×), and North Dakota (2.4×), and least common in Mississippi (0.29×).

279,420 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 Todd

#236 Jackson · 239,893#237 Vanessa · 239,196#239 Carmen · 237,758#240 Bradley · 237,481

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,226 Tod · 6,665#50,139 Toddy · 121

Also a last name

As a last name, Todd ranks #478 of 156,621, with 68,395 people. See Todd as a last name

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