Boys' name · since 1989
Thoedore
28 babies named Thoedore in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,528 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Thoedore is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 28 have been recorded since 1989.
Social Security Administration records show Thoedore recorded 28 times among boys since 1989, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2023.
- #26,528 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 28 born since 1989
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thoedore ranks #26,528 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1989, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,528 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Thoedore's 28 recorded births place it above 41.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thoedore's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Thoedore splits its recorded history at 2021: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Thoedore popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2023
- Peak year (1989)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Thoedore by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (22 births, 79% of the file).
2020s was Thoedore's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Thoedore births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 22 births (79% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Thoedore: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Thoedore draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.