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Teddie

#10,559 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Diminutive of Edward

Teddie has been given to 2,539 babies in the U.S. since 1900. In 2025 it ranked #10,559 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1940, with 33 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 57% boys, 43% girls all-time.

Babies named Teddie, 2025

1 in 474,000

Teddie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Teddie over time

In 2025, Teddie went to 85% girls and 15% boys.

19002025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Teddie: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Edward

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Teddie means

Teddie is a diminutive of Edward.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Teddie is a diminutive of Edward. Edward has more than one origin or interpretation.

Origin, language, and formation

Teddie is used in English.

Teddie comes through Indonesian diminutive.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Edward and Teddy.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,458 boys were recorded with the name Teddie between 1900 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 1940; its best national rank was #903 in 1903.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,826 in 2020 to #10,559 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,081 girls were recorded with the name Teddie between 1919 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 39 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,602 in 1941.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,360 in 2020 to #3,825 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,792 in 2015 to #3,825 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Teddie?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 244,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#10,559
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Teddie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Teddie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Teddies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Teddie was born before 1948 — so the typical Teddie is around 77 today.

Median birth year
1948
About 77 years old
Biggest decade
1930s
16.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
4.0%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
688
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1930s — 16.1% of all recorded uses (235).

Is Teddie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+3,462
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,267
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
21.2%
Peak was 1940 (33)
Years since peak
85
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#903
1903

Spellings of Teddie

Teddie is not the most common spelling — Eddie is, with 65.1% against Teddie's 0.45%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Teddie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Teddie was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 396,763 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2Arkansas1 in —
  3. 3Louisiana1 in —
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Teddie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Teddie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Teddie was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 764,694 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Teddie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Teddie around the world

Where Teddie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #314
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2018–2025
    #495
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2013–2025
    #395
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2022–2025
    #829
    in 2025
  • France
    1991–1991
    #3,014
    in 1991
  • South Australia
    2009–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Teddie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,559
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,267
Best rank ever
#903
1903
Peak year
1940
33 that year
First recorded
1900
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,458
Count in 2025
7

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,825
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,535
Best rank ever
#1,602
1941
Peak year
2025
39 that year
First recorded
1919
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,081
Count in 2025
39

Names similar to Teddie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Teddie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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