NameTides

Theodora

Theodora was the #725 girls' name in the US in 2025 (384 babies), and #353 in England & Wales and #782 in Canada.

Theodora as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Theodora as a girl’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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUSIreland
Theodora as a girl’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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#725 (384)#353 (121)——#608 (5)#782 (37)
2024#811 (346)#388 (112)#431 (7)—#556 (6)#896 (31)
2023#776 (363)#386 (107)#482 (6)——#749 (37)
2022#688 (426)#355 (121)——#747 (4)#819 (33)
2021#737 (387)#387 (117)#652 (4)—#390 (10)#787 (37)
2020#835 (328)#364 (122)#429 (7)—#444 (8)#823 (34)
2019#853 (314)#340 (132)#650 (4)#424 (3)#621 (5)#663 (45)
2018#1,406 (159)#449 (97)#809 (3)—#568 (6)#2,344 (8)
2017#1,889 (107)#624 (67)——#396 (10)#1,454 (16)
2016#1,884 (108)#615 (69)#798 (3)——#1,906 (11)
2015#2,294 (81)#708 (56)———#2,363 (8)
2014#2,213 (85)#516 (82)#802 (3)—#661 (5)#1,901 (11)
2013#2,020 (96)#750 (52)#816 (3)—#747 (4)#2,058 (10)
2012#2,632 (68)#955 (38)———#2,921 (6)
2011#2,838 (61)#1,196 (27)———#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #688.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 1957, 93% of US babies named Theodora were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,200 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Theodora is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,900 to 1 in 5,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Theodora by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #502MNIllinois: #494ILMichigan: #457MINew York: #585NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #514OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,149CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #789CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: #440SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #861TXFlorida: #796FL
Theodora (girls) 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
Quebec2025#7745
Ontario2024#1,1819

Theodora (girls): 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
TheodoraCanadaGirls#78237
TheodoraEngland & WalesGirls#353121
TheodoraIrelandGirls#6085
TheodoraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
TheodoraScotlandGirls—too few
TheodoraUSGirls#725384
TheodoraUSBoys—too few