Teddy · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1905

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 104 recorded years as a table

Teddy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1905	17
1906	27
1908	21
1911	19
1912	11
1913	14
1915	5
1916	7
1917	6
1918	10
1919	16
1920	6
1921	6
1922	8
1923	16
1924	12
1925	15
1926	21
1927	18
1928	13
1929	21
1930	12
1931	18
1932	23
1933	23
1934	18
1935	19
1936	26
1937	25
1938	30
1939	21
1940	24
1941	19
1942	27
1943	42
1944	25
1945	34
1946	16
1947	20
1948	19
1949	14
1950	16
1951	18
1952	12
1953	11
1954	10
1955	12
1956	7
1957	13
1958	10
1959	7
1960	7
1961	6
1962	6
1963	4
1964	5
1965	5
1966	5
1967	6
1968	5
1969	5
1970	4
1971	5
1972	5
1974	3
1975	7
1977	4
1978	3
1979	6
1984	5
1985	3
1986	5
1987	7
1988	5
1989	6
1991	4
1992	5
1993	7
1994	7
1995	9
1996	6
1997	6
1998	3
1999	3
2001	4
2002	3
2004	3
2005	3
2007	3
2011	7
2012	4
2013	6
2014	11
2015	5
2016	8
2017	7
2018	11
2019	17
2020	17
2021	23
2022	27
2023	39
2024	28
2025	35

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Teddy isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Teddy

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 56
Rank in 2025: #2,957
How rare: 1 in 28,701 girls
Since 1905: 1,775

Most popular in 1943, at 42 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 591% per million girls born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.