Tod — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tod

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,702 babies named Tod between 1915 and 2023, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tod currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 568 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tod performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 3,996 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Tod shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 850 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Tod in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tod 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 7,702 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.