Teo
Boy · TAY-o · Greek
Teo is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 567th for boys in the UK (75 babies) and 793rd for boys in the US (318 babies).
What does Teo mean?
Greek: short form of Teodoro or Teodor, sometimes of Mateo
“gift of God”
A short form used across Europe for Teodoro and Teodor, and sometimes for Mateo; all of these mean gift of God.
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- TAY-o
Is Teo a girl's or a boy's name?
Teo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 75 boys in the UK and 318 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Teo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #567among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 75about 1 in 4,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 75 boys in the UK were named Teo, making it the 567th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 542nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 92 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Teo than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Teo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 549th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Teo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #567 |
| 2024 | 92 | #485 |
| 2023 | 82 | #537 |
| 2022 | 92 | #486 |
| 2021 | 79 | #548 |
| 2020 | 78 | #542 |
| 2019 | 69 | #601 |
| 2018 | 39 | #875 |
| 2017 | 41 | #860 |
| 2016 | 38 | #902 |
| 2015 | 46 | #776 |
| 2014 | 42 | #817 |
| 2013 | 35 | #919 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,099 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,071 |
| 2007 | 29 | #953 |
| 2006 | 26 | #986 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
How popular is Teo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #793among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 318about 1 in 5,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 136% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 318 boys in the US were named Teo, making it the 793rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,368th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 335 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Teo in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Teo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 318 | #793 |
| 2024 | 335 | #759 |
| 2023 | 282 | #855 |
| 2022 | 245 | #935 |
| 2021 | 176 | #1,143 |
| 2020 | 129 | #1,368 |
| 2019 | 137 | #1,327 |
| 2018 | 131 | #1,357 |
| 2017 | 101 | #1,594 |
| 2016 | 103 | #1,585 |
| 2015 | 88 | #1,740 |
| 2014 | 85 | #1,766 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,064 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,065 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,034 |
| 2010 | 63 | #2,117 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,009 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,103 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2006 | 49 | #2,476 |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,649 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Names like Teo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theo Luca Nico Kairo Enzo Rio Matteo Atlas Neo Zion Yusuf Lucas
Names related to Teo
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