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Theon

#5,365 in 2025Boys' name

God

Theon has been given to 429 babies in the U.S. since 1924. In 2025 it ranked #5,365 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 34 recorded.

Babies named Theon, 2025

1 in 184,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Theon: meaning, origin, and history

God

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Theon means

Theon means “god”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 420 boys were recorded with the name Theon between 1924 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 34 in 2022; its best national rank was #3,089 in 1968.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,988 in 2020 to #5,365 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,021 in 2015 to #5,365 in 2025.

In the United States, 9 girls were recorded with the name Theon between 1970 and 1970. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1970; its best national rank was #5,782 in 1970.

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.

How common is Theon?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 184,000
18 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 94,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,365
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
127,662 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Theon 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 127,662 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Theon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Theons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Theon was born before 2016 — so the typical Theon is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
34.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
69.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
404
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Choose a decade

2020s — 34.0% of all recorded uses (143).

Is Theon 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
−1,590
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,623
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,656
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.50×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
52.9%
Peak was 2022 (34)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
39.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,089
1968

Spellings of Theon

Theon is not the most common spelling — Leon is, with 47.1% against Theon's 0.11%.

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 Theon is used

Across 1910–2025, Theon was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,805,656 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 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. Theon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Theon around the world

Where Theon 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
    2002–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2014–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1976–1993
    #519
    in 1993

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Theon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,365
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,623
Best rank ever
#3,089
1968
Peak year
2022
34 that year
First recorded
1924
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
420
Count in 2025
18

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,782
1970
Peak year
1970
9 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
1970
All-time count
9
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Theon

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

TheranAveonTheseusJceonTheodenDareonKaveonDreonKeeonTheoryTyreonLeeonLeveonAceonDeveonTheodoroSymeonReonEonKayceonZayveonDayveonDeleonAeon

Sibling names for Theon

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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