Thedore — boys' name

What the Data Says About Thedore

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,136 babies named Thedore between 1902 and 2022, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thedore currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thedore performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 242 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Thedore shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Thedore in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thedore 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 1,136 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.