Teddie — #12353 US boys' name
1,451 babies named Teddie in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1940. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
16% of everyone ever named Teddie was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Teddie in 1940 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Teddie
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,451 babies named Teddie between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Teddie currently holds the #12353 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 33 babies received it in a single year. Teddie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,042 additional births since 1919.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Teddie performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 235 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Teddie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Teddie in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Teddie 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 1,451 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.
Teddie at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Teddie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1900
- Peak year (1940)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 125 years of records
Currently ranks #12353 among boys.
1,451 total births across 125 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1940 with 33 births in a single year.
Teddie popularity over time — girls
1,042 total births recorded since 1919 (Teddie as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Teddie accounts for 42% of total recorded use across both genders.
Teddie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 235 births that decade — 16% of Teddie's all-time total
Teddie decade highlights
- Peak decade 235 births
- Runner-up 234 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Teddie's strongest decade
235 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
Teddie by state
Where Teddie concentrates geographically — total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 37 | 2.5% |
| #2 | Arkansas | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.3% |
37 of 1,451 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.5% of nationwide
- Arkansas 0.5% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 0.4% of nationwide
- Alabama 0.3% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1900–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.