NameTides

Teddy

Teddy was the #819 boys' name in the US in 2025 (301 babies), and #34 in England & Wales and #676 in Canada.

Teddy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Teddy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesIrelandScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaUS
Teddy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#819 (301)#34 (1,360)#88 (60)#103 (23)#69 (84)#676 (41)
2024#891 (265)#29 (1,506)#76 (67)#70 (35)#68 (86)#747 (35)
2023#992 (222)#23 (1,687)#78 (66)#50 (46)#65 (96)#854 (28)
2022#1,042 (212)#20 (2,030)#66 (80)#40 (57)#75 (91)#989 (23)
2021#1,168 (169)#26 (1,875)#101 (59)#63 (45)#76 (88)#946 (25)
2020#1,325 (135)#31 (1,627)#88 (64)#89 (32)#107 (56)#1,038 (21)
2019#1,441 (121)#32 (1,704)#119 (49)#100 (29)#119 (55)#1,448 (13)
2018#1,638 (99)#39 (1,663)#117 (52)#104 (26)#151 (39)#1,471 (12)
2017#1,630 (97)#39 (1,626)#142 (41)#157 (17)#184 (32)#2,010 (8)
2016#1,799 (84)#41 (1,491)#190 (28)#112 (27)#237 (21)#2,428 (6)
2015#1,703 (91)#42 (1,430)#231 (20)#179 (13)#210 (26)#1,816 (9)
2014#1,979 (72)#66 (1,017)#439 (7)#243 (8)#364 (11)—
2013#2,065 (65)#86 (698)#520 (5)#343 (4)#479 (6)#2,305 (6)
2012#2,132 (63)#141 (422)——#500 (6)#1,552 (11)
2011#1,988 (69)#156 (380)#544 (4)—#730 (3)#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1933 at #239.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1890.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 16% of US babies named Teddy were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 200very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 330common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 360common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 280common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Teddy is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,600 to 1 in 5,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Teddy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #517MINew York: #716NYMassachusetts: #438MAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #483INOhio: #710OHPennsylvania: #704PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #988CAUtah: #515UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #678NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #756GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #974TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Teddy (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#79414

Teddy (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TeddyCanadaGirls—too few
TeddyCanadaBoys#67641
TeddyEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
TeddyEngland & WalesBoys#341,360
TeddyIrelandBoys#6984
TeddyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
TeddyNorthern IrelandBoys#10323
TeddyScotlandBoys#8860
TeddyUSGirls#2,95756
TeddyUSBoys#819301