Ted
Ted is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 43 births. Its best rank was 144th, in 1935–1936.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 430.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19581,743 births
- Best rank
- #144first in 1935
- Since 1880
- 75,122people given the name
The story in the numbers
75,122 boys have been named Ted in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 1,743 births.
The name has all but left use: 43 births in 2024, against 1,743 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1950s alone account for 20%. It has spent 117 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ted | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 143 | |
| 1890s | 247 | |
| 1900s | 942 | |
| 1910s | 3,514 | |
| 1920s | 6,842 | |
| 1930s | 10,526 | |
| 1940s | 13,027 | |
| 1950s | 14,719 | |
| 1960s | 13,539 | |
| 1970s | 5,451 | |
| 1980s | 3,012 | |
| 1990s | 1,586 | |
| 2000s | 764 | |
| 2010s | 610 | |
| 2020s | 200 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Ted was the 173rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1958 were Michael, David, James, Robert and John. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Ted
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Valpeak 1952
- Jeromepeak 1954
- Freddiepeak 1947
- Sammiepeak 1947
- Glennpeak 1962
- Glenpeak 1957
- Wardellpeak 1950
- Wendellpeak 1940
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.