Titus — #383 US boys' name
25,883 babies named Titus in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Titus was born in this single decade.
1,325 babies were named Titus in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Titus
The Social Security Administration has registered 25,883 babies named Titus between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Titus currently holds the #383 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 1,325 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Titus performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10,682 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Titus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,097 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Titus in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Titus 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 25,883 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.
Titus at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Titus popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2015)
- 1,325
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #383 among boys.
25,883 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 1,325 births in a single year.
Titus popularity over time — girls
12 total births recorded since 1977 (Titus as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Titus accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Titus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 10,682 births that decade — 41% of Titus's all-time total
Titus decade highlights
- Peak decade 10,682 births
- Runner-up 4,471 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Titus's strongest decade
10,682 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Titus by state
Where Titus concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,097 | 8.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,914 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,085 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,031 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 982 | 3.8% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 913 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 813 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 801 | 3.1% |
2,097 of 25,883 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.1% of nationwide
- Texas 7.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.2% of nationwide
- Florida 4.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 46 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Titus appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.