Teddy

What Teddy means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Teddy yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,703 in 2015, #819 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Teddy?

US: Rising: up from #1703 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #42 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1933, when 476 boys got the name (#239 that year). First in the US records in 1890.

How common

• About 1 in 5,675 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 200 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 327 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in IN (0.44 per 1,000 boys), IA (0.43 per 1,000 boys), WI (0.43 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Teddy is #819 in the US and #34 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 84.3% of US babies named Teddy were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Tedi0 US · 14 E&W
• Teddi0 US · 10 E&W
• Tadey7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Teddie

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Teddy

Boys

• Arthur#87possibly “bear”^*
• Malcolm#272Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Wesley#52“west + wood, clearing”^*
• Louis#249“loud; famous + battle”^*
• Walter#251“ruler + army, host”^*
• Warren#240“river, water”^*

For a sister

• Stevie#203Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #978 in 2015, #203 in 2025
• Sylvia#300“forest”^*
• Blair#169“field, plain”^*
• Scottie#126Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,533 in 2015, #126 in 2025
• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Rosemary#251“dew of the sea”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Teddy’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.