Theotis — boys' name
939 babies named Theotis in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Theotis was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Theotis in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Theotis
The Social Security Administration has registered 939 babies named Theotis between 1918 and 2017, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Theotis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Theotis performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 184 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Theotis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Theotis in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Theotis 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 939 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.
Theotis at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Theotis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1918
- Peak year (1977)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
939 total births across 100 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 32 births in a single year.
Theotis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 184 births that decade — 20% of Theotis's all-time total
Theotis decade highlights
- Peak decade 184 births
- Runner-up 149 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Theotis's strongest decade
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Theotis by state
Where Theotis concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 18 | 1.9% |
| #2 | Arkansas | | 13 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 10 | 1.1% |
18 of 939 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 1.9% of nationwide
- Arkansas 1.4% of nationwide
- Alabama 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 1.9% 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, 1918–2017 (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.