Theron
Boy · THAIR-un · Greek
Theron is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “hunter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,451st for boys in the US (55 babies).
What does Theron mean?
Greek
“hunter”
Theron was a 5th-century BC ruler of Akragas in Sicily, celebrated in victory odes by the poet Pindar.
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Is Theron a girl's or a boy's name?
Theron is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 55 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Theron in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 7 boys.
Theron in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Theron in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,451among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 55about 1 in 31,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 55 boys in the US were named Theron, making it the 2,451st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 1966, with 180 boys.
Half of all the boys named Theron in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 60 boys in the US were given Theron or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,972, up from #2,451 for this spelling alone.
- Theron 55
- Theran 5
Theron in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,451 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,409 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,128 |
| 2018 | 77 | #1,919 |
| 2017 | 89 | #1,735 |
| 2016 | 81 | #1,845 |
| 2015 | 100 | #1,599 |
| 2014 | 99 | #1,588 |
| 2013 | 86 | #1,708 |
| 2012 | 101 | #1,562 |
| 2011 | 87 | #1,703 |
| 2010 | 96 | #1,626 |
| 2009 | 97 | #1,625 |
| 2008 | 96 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 105 | #1,509 |
| 2006 | 134 | #1,249 |
| 2005 | 113 | #1,333 |
| 2004 | 112 | #1,314 |
| 2003 | 97 | #1,380 |
| 2002 | 101 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 98 | #1,323 |
| 2000 | 108 | #1,232 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,326 |
| 1998 | 101 | #1,213 |
| 1997 | 92 | #1,248 |
| 1996 | 99 | #1,172 |
| 1995 | 106 | #1,099 |
| 1994 | 113 | #1,044 |
| 1993 | 101 | #1,114 |
| 1992 | 119 | #984 |
| 1991 | 100 | #1,082 |
| 1990 | 109 | #1,009 |
| 1989 | 116 | #944 |
| 1988 | 115 | #889 |
| 1987 | 107 | #907 |
| 1986 | 102 | #900 |
| 1985 | 94 | #939 |
| 1984 | 96 | #891 |
| 1983 | 123 | #786 |
| 1982 | 101 | #891 |
| 1981 | 111 | #833 |
| 1980 | 118 | #808 |
| 1979 | 134 | #747 |
| 1978 | 130 | #741 |
| 1977 | 148 | #699 |
| 1976 | 126 | #742 |
| 1975 | 147 | #678 |
| 1974 | 160 | #637 |
| 1973 | 172 | #603 |
| 1972 | 158 | #625 |
| 1971 | 153 | #668 |
| 1970 | 152 | #664 |
| 1969 | 159 | #623 |
| 1968 | 162 | #595 |
| 1967 | 163 | #592 |
| 1966 | 180 | #566 |
| 1965 | 96 | #753 |
| 1964 | 137 | #662 |
| 1963 | 125 | #692 |
| 1962 | 147 | #638 |
| 1961 | 143 | #655 |
| 1960 | 171 | #600 |
| 1959 | 87 | #816 |
| 1958 | 97 | #746 |
| 1957 | 109 | #713 |
| 1956 | 87 | #795 |
| 1955 | 77 | #835 |
| 1954 | 89 | #753 |
| 1953 | 100 | #713 |
| 1952 | 88 | #750 |
| 1951 | 91 | #725 |
| 1950 | 97 | #694 |
| 1949 | 104 | #670 |
| 1948 | 97 | #680 |
| 1947 | 103 | #682 |
| 1946 | 108 | #619 |
| 1945 | 113 | #567 |
| 1944 | 103 | #604 |
| 1943 | 113 | #594 |
| 1942 | 121 | #558 |
| 1941 | 117 | #553 |
| 1940 | 91 | #622 |
| 1939 | 111 | #544 |
| 1938 | 95 | #609 |
| 1937 | 93 | #600 |
| 1936 | 96 | #591 |
| 1935 | 85 | #641 |
| 1934 | 107 | #571 |
| 1933 | 95 | #597 |
| 1932 | 106 | #576 |
| 1931 | 118 | #535 |
| 1930 | 109 | #572 |
| 1929 | 95 | #627 |
| 1928 | 113 | #583 |
| 1927 | 94 | #653 |
| 1926 | 118 | #567 |
| 1925 | 118 | #573 |
| 1924 | 153 | #504 |
| 1923 | 123 | #560 |
| 1922 | 144 | #513 |
| 1921 | 151 | #502 |
| 1920 | 146 | #499 |
| 1919 | 150 | #486 |
| 1918 | 138 | #510 |
| 1917 | 135 | #493 |
| 1916 | 118 | #524 |
| 1915 | 148 | #450 |
| 1914 | 113 | #450 |
| 1913 | 78 | #492 |
| 1912 | 76 | #450 |
| 1911 | 38 | #471 |
| 1910 | 38 | #447 |
| 1909 | 30 | #462 |
| 1908 | 26 | #489 |
| 1907 | 15 | #664 |
| 1906 | 22 | #472 |
| 1905 | 11 | #741 |
| 1904 | 14 | #612 |
| 1903 | 19 | #487 |
| 1902 | 12 | #650 |
| 1901 | 10 | #683 |
| 1900 | 8 | #967 |
| 1899 | 10 | #661 |
| 1898 | 16 | #523 |
| 1897 | 16 | #495 |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 15 | #521 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 11 | #581 |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
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