Theodora — #812 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Theodora

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,267 babies named Theodora between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Theodora currently holds the #812 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 426 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Theodora performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,847 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Theodora shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,809 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Theodora in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Theodora 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 12,267 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.