Ted — #2908 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ted

The Social Security Administration has registered 75,122 babies named Ted between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ted currently holds the #2908 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 1,743 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ted performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 14,719 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ted shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,221 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Ted in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ted in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 75,122 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.