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Titus

Means “honorable”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #280, 2016: #282, 2017: #298, 2018: #309, 2019: #319, 2020: #340, 2021: #356, 2022: #362, 2023: #373, 2024: #383, 2025: #3581 in 1,877 boys in the US, 2025#358 · falling · was #280 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,150, 2016: #1,704, 2017: #2,512, 2018: #1,991, 2019: #2,104, 2020: #1,548, 2021: #1,984, 2022: #3,049, 2023: #2,326, 2024: #2,089, 2025: #1,8971 in 20,918 boys in E&W, 2025#1,897 · rising · was #2,150 in 2015

Boy’s name · Latin · /ˈtaɪtəs/

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What Titus means

Means “honorable”

Borrowed from Latin Titus, a Roman and Sabine praenomen meaning either "honorable" or " strong; of the giants".

Source: Wiktionary, “Titus” (revision 93542553), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Titus?

US 2025
#358
910 babies
▲ 25 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#1897
13 babies
▲ 192 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Falling: down from #280 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2150 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2015)

Biggest US share so far: 2015, when 1,325 boys got the name (#280 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 1,877 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 20,918 baby boys 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 MT (2.66 per 1,000 boys), AK (2.2 per 1,000 boys), ID (1.85 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

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

US vs UK

Titus is #358 in the US and #1897 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#3589101 in 1,877#280
England & Wales#1897131 in 20,918#2150
Scotland––––

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Titus were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250910
England & Wales 2025013
US all years since 18801226,811
England & Wales since 19960259

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

How to say it

/ˈtaɪtəs/

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Tidus52 US
  • Tytus43 US
  • Tydus21 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.

If you like Titus

Boys

  • Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
  • Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
  • Gideon#337Editor’s note Down from #327 in 2015 to #337 in 2025 in the US
  • Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
  • Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”
  • Silas#71Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #71 vs #585 in 2025

For a sister

  • Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025
  • Stella#52“star”
  • Clara#63“bright, shining, clear”
  • Lucy#24“light”
  • Harmony#276From the word “harmony”
  • Vivienne#172Variant of Vivian, possibly meaning “alive”

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

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