Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Ted

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ted
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.5% from peak

Peak era

1958

Peak rank proxy

1,743

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19582024

Peak year

1958

Decline from peak

97.5%

2024

All-time

75,122

Ted once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1958, when 1,743 boys were named Ted.

In 2024, only 43 boys were given the name.

Down 97.5% from its peak.

All told, about 75,122 Americans have been named Ted and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.5% from peak

19581,743 boys named Ted

202443 boys named Ted

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