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Theodora

Means “God s Gift”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,294, 2016: #1,884, 2017: #1,889, 2018: #1,406, 2019: #853, 2020: #835, 2021: #737, 2022: #688, 2023: #776, 2024: #811, 2025: #7251 in 4,186 girls in the US, 2025#725 · rising · was #2,294 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #708, 2016: #615, 2017: #624, 2018: #449, 2019: #340, 2020: #364, 2021: #387, 2022: #355, 2023: #386, 2024: #388, 2025: #3531 in 2,093 girls in E&W, 2025#353 · rising · was #708 in 2015

Girl’s name · Greek

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What Theodora means

Means “God s Gift”

From Latin Theodora, from Koine Greek Θεοδώρα (Theodṓra, “God 's Gift”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Theodora” (revision 93435189), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Theodora?

US 2025
#725
384 babies
▲ 86 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#353
121 babies
▲ 35 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #2294 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #708 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (2022)

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 426 girls got the name (#688 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 4,186 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 2,093 baby girls in England and Wales 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 ME (1.61 per 1,000 girls), NE (0.85 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.76 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Theodora is #725 in the US and #353 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#7253841 in 4,186#2294
England & Wales#3531211 in 2,093#708
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Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Theodora were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20253840
England & Wales 20251210
US all years since 188012,65449
England & Wales since 19961,5730

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Theadora86 US · 48 E&W

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

If you like Theodora

Girls

  • Cleo#577Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,743 in 2015, #577 in 2025
  • Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”
  • Iris#61“rainbow”
  • Selene#621“light”
  • Thea#353“goddess”
  • Rhea#639Editor’s note Up from #994 in 2015 to #639 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

  • Leon#138“lion”
  • Ambrose#735“immortal, divine”
  • Niko#325Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1962, with 5 babies
  • Adonis#241Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #698 in 2015, #241 in 2025
  • Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
  • Evander#698“good man”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Theodora’s. Rank is US 2025.

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