Total births
54
Boys' name · since 1966
Tood
54 babies named Tood in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 54
- total births
- 1966–1978
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
Tood is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 54 have been recorded since 1966.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tood has been recorded 54 times among boys since 1966, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1978.
- 54 total births
- 1966–1978 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 57% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
54 boys have been named Tood since 1966, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1978.
- 54
- total births
- 1966–1978
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
1970s
Peak decade
57% of everyone ever named Tood was born in this single decade.
1971
Single peak year
9 babies were named Tood in 1971 - its busiest year on record.
Tood's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tood's full recorded timeline at 1970, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tood at a glance
Last recorded 1978Peak year
1971
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1966
Tood popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1978
- Peak year (1971)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Tood by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Tood's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Tood births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
23 births
- 1970s
1970s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 31 births (57% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Tood? ▼
Tood has been given to 54 babies in the U.S. since 1966, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1978. 9 babies were born in 1971, its single highest year.
When was Tood most popular? ▼
Tood was most popular in the 1970s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 1971.
How long has the name Tood been used? ▼
Tood has been recorded in Social Security data since 1966, spanning 13 years of data through 1978.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1966–1978 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Tood: Baby Name Since 1966 - 54 Births, Peak 1971." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/tood. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Tood 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 July 2026.