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Theodosia

#4,158 in 2025Girls' name

God + given, through Θεοδοσία

Theodosia has been given to 1,705 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #4,158 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1918, with 45 recorded.

Babies named Theodosia, 2025

1 in 94,700

Theodosia over time, 1880–2025

Girls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Theodosia: meaning, origin, and history

God + given, through Θεοδοσία

Ancient Greek

What Theodosia means

Theodosia belongs to the name family reached through Theodosia → Theodosia → Θεοδοσία. Its meaning is “god + given”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Latin Theodosia, from Ancient Greek Θεοδοσία (Theodosía). Feminine form of Theodosius. Doublet of Feodosiya.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Theodosia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Theodosia is used in English and Latin. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Theodosia comes through Latin Theodosia and Ancient Greek Θεοδοσία.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Theodosius, Theodosia and Θεοδοσία.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Theodosia is pronounced /ˌθi.əˈdoʊ.ʒə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,705 girls were recorded with the name Theodosia between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 45 in 1918; its best national rank was #576 in 1880.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,059 in 2020 to #4,158 in 2025.

How common is Theodosia?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 94,700
35 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 45,900
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,158
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
65,655 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Theodosia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 65,655 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Theodosia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Theodosias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Theodosia was born before 1929 — so the typical Theodosia is around 96 today.

Median birth year
1929
About 96 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
17.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
13.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
536
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 17.6% of all recorded uses (300).

Is Theodosia 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
+606
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,901
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
77.8%
Peak was 1918 (45)
Years since peak
107
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#576
1880

Spellings of Theodosia

Theodosia is not the most common spelling — Theodora is, with 88.1% against Theodosia's 11.9%.

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 Theodosia is used

Across 1910–2025, Theodosia was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 352,121 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in —
  2. 2Indiana1 in —
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4North Carolina1 in —
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in —
  6. 6South Carolina1 in —
  7. 7West Virginia1 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. Theodosia has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Theodosia around the world

Where Theodosia 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
    2021–2024
    #3,319
    in 2024
  • France
    1929–1929
    #1,323
    in 1929
  • South Australia
    1958–2000
    #727
    in 2000

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Theodosia by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,158
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,901
Best rank ever
#576
1880
Peak year
1918
45 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,705
Count in 2025
35

Names similar to Theodosia

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

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Sibling names for Theodosia

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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