Ted
Boy · TED · Old English
Ted is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “rich guardian or gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 273rd for boys in the UK (187 babies) and 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Ted mean?
Old English: short form of Edward, also of Theodore
“rich guardian or gift of God”
A traditional pet form of Edward and Edmund, now also widely used as a short form of Theodore.
- Say it
- TED
Is Ted a girl's or a boy's name?
Ted is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 187 boys in the UK and 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ted in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #273among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 187about 1 in 1,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 187 boys in the UK were named Ted, making it the 273rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 215th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 388 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Ted than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Ted in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 262nd in England and Wales, 560th in Scotland and 270th in Northern Ireland.
Ted in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 187 | #273 |
| 2024 | 223 | #241 |
| 2023 | 212 | #250 |
| 2022 | 230 | #233 |
| 2021 | 297 | #202 |
| 2020 | 259 | #215 |
| 2019 | 330 | #178 |
| 2018 | 343 | #178 |
| 2017 | 324 | #191 |
| 2016 | 371 | #178 |
| 2015 | 388 | #170 |
| 2014 | 380 | #168 |
| 2013 | 324 | #201 |
| 2012 | 233 | #242 |
| 2011 | 204 | #260 |
| 2010 | 167 | #300 |
| 2009 | 119 | #368 |
| 2008 | 117 | #364 |
| 2007 | 106 | #377 |
| 2006 | 119 | #323 |
| 2005 | 88 | #386 |
| 2004 | 90 | #362 |
| 2003 | 70 | #414 |
| 2002 | 65 | #404 |
| 2001 | 50 | #465 |
| 2000 | 41 | #541 |
| 1999 | 31 | #633 |
| 1998 | 29 | #671 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 19 | #819 |
How popular is Ted in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Ted, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 1,743 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Ted than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Ted in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ted in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,873 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,335 |
| 2015 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,254 |
| 2013 | 73 | #1,914 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,048 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,034 |
| 2010 | 81 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 75 | #1,916 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,175 |
| 2005 | 75 | #1,749 |
| 2004 | 72 | #1,745 |
| 2003 | 74 | #1,670 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,329 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,312 |
| 2000 | 97 | #1,320 |
| 1999 | 112 | #1,159 |
| 1998 | 106 | #1,169 |
| 1997 | 127 | #1,004 |
| 1996 | 135 | #953 |
| 1995 | 150 | #890 |
| 1994 | 163 | #833 |
| 1993 | 179 | #788 |
| 1992 | 188 | #755 |
| 1991 | 177 | #767 |
| 1990 | 249 | #640 |
| 1989 | 268 | #597 |
| 1988 | 290 | #535 |
| 1987 | 282 | #543 |
| 1986 | 298 | #511 |
| 1985 | 267 | #531 |
| 1984 | 288 | #496 |
| 1983 | 299 | #487 |
| 1982 | 317 | #474 |
| 1981 | 339 | #449 |
| 1980 | 364 | #429 |
| 1979 | 354 | #424 |
| 1978 | 361 | #408 |
| 1977 | 417 | #383 |
| 1976 | 432 | #368 |
| 1975 | 455 | #363 |
| 1974 | 478 | #353 |
| 1973 | 543 | #321 |
| 1972 | 664 | #285 |
| 1971 | 802 | #267 |
| 1970 | 944 | #246 |
| 1969 | 1,058 | #222 |
| 1968 | 1,047 | #219 |
| 1967 | 953 | #230 |
| 1966 | 1,075 | #213 |
| 1965 | 1,243 | #201 |
| 1964 | 1,507 | #185 |
| 1963 | 1,578 | #188 |
| 1962 | 1,701 | #180 |
| 1961 | 1,683 | #183 |
| 1960 | 1,695 | #184 |
| 1959 | 1,672 | #181 |
| 1958 | 1,743 | #173 |
| 1957 | 1,636 | #183 |
| 1956 | 1,457 | #191 |
| 1955 | 1,409 | #188 |
| 1954 | 1,343 | #191 |
| 1953 | 1,305 | #190 |
| 1952 | 1,412 | #182 |
| 1951 | 1,387 | #180 |
| 1950 | 1,355 | #170 |
| 1949 | 1,379 | #169 |
| 1948 | 1,476 | #163 |
| 1947 | 1,647 | #157 |
| 1946 | 1,490 | #158 |
| 1945 | 1,238 | #155 |
| 1944 | 1,166 | #160 |
| 1943 | 1,236 | #157 |
| 1942 | 1,252 | #156 |
| 1941 | 1,096 | #156 |
| 1940 | 1,047 | #159 |
| 1939 | 1,079 | #149 |
| 1938 | 1,111 | #147 |
| 1937 | 1,062 | #147 |
| 1936 | 1,064 | #144 |
| 1935 | 1,085 | #144 |
| 1934 | 1,052 | #146 |
| 1933 | 1,040 | #145 |
| 1932 | 1,067 | #147 |
| 1931 | 983 | #155 |
| 1930 | 983 | #156 |
| 1929 | 853 | #167 |
| 1928 | 826 | #175 |
| 1927 | 762 | #190 |
| 1926 | 764 | #191 |
| 1925 | 670 | #209 |
| 1924 | 610 | #219 |
| 1923 | 592 | #218 |
| 1922 | 606 | #219 |
| 1921 | 614 | #214 |
| 1920 | 545 | #231 |
| 1919 | 572 | #217 |
| 1918 | 564 | #220 |
| 1917 | 498 | #221 |
| 1916 | 453 | #235 |
| 1915 | 403 | #241 |
| 1914 | 309 | #243 |
| 1913 | 247 | #239 |
| 1912 | 244 | #220 |
| 1911 | 97 | #263 |
| 1910 | 127 | #204 |
| 1909 | 122 | #184 |
| 1908 | 113 | #188 |
| 1907 | 112 | #188 |
| 1906 | 89 | #197 |
| 1905 | 115 | #169 |
| 1904 | 94 | #190 |
| 1903 | 71 | #210 |
| 1902 | 87 | #190 |
| 1901 | 64 | #212 |
| 1900 | 75 | #230 |
| 1899 | 34 | #300 |
| 1898 | 39 | #298 |
| 1897 | 28 | #353 |
| 1896 | 30 | #352 |
| 1895 | 24 | #390 |
| 1894 | 23 | #387 |
| 1893 | 12 | #572 |
| 1892 | 15 | #525 |
| 1891 | 22 | #364 |
| 1890 | 20 | #405 |
| 1889 | 25 | #351 |
| 1888 | 21 | #404 |
| 1887 | 20 | #366 |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 10 | #604 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 13 | #497 |
| 1882 | 14 | #489 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 13 | #505 |
Names like Ted
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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