Ted
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Ted
Like Ed, Eddie and Teddy, Ted is rarely used as an independent name – in the US, at least. In the UK, Eddie ranks just outside the Top 200, Teddy ranks just outside the Top 30, and Ted is a Top 200 pick.
With Theodore rising, Ted may have new life among parents who don't want to use the short form Theo. And TV's Ted Lasso makes it a quintessential nice guy name.
Ted is also given to girls.
Pronounced TED.
As of October 2026, Ted ranked #10271 in US births in 1980 SSA, peaked at #2200 in 1905.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #2,272 | 59 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #2,598 | 48 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #2,363 | 56 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #2,339 | 56 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #2,613 | 49 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #2,460 | 55 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #3,260 | 35 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #3,168 | 38 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #3,047 | 41 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #2,937 | 43 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #2,932 | 43 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #3,229 | 37 |
World rankings
Ted for boys
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Ted on lists
Famous Teds
- Edward Moore "Ted" KennedyBoy
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
- Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt IIIBoy
U.S. politician and general; son of President Teddy Roosevelt
- Edward Richard George "Ted" HeathBoy
British Prme Minister
- Theodore Anthony "Ted" NugentBoy
American rock musician
- Ted Knight (born Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka)Boy
American actor
- Theodore Samuel "Ted" WilliamsBoy
American baseball player
- Edward James "Ted" HughesBoy
English poet
- Edward Bridge "Ted" Danson IIIBoy
American actor
- Theodore Fulton "Ted" StevensBoy
U.S. Senator from Alaska
- Theodore Tillman "Ted" Shackelford IIIBoy
American actor
- Ted JensenBoy
American sound mastering engineer
- Ted "Kid" Lewis (born Gershon Mendeloff)Boy
British boxer
- Edward James Milton "Ted" DwaneBoy
bassist for English band Mumford & Sons
- Rafael Edward "Ted" CruzBoy
Canadian,American U.S. Senator from Texas
- Robert Edward "Ted" TurnerBoy
American media mogul, founder of CNN
- Edward James Martin "Ted" KoppelBoy
British,American TV journalist
- Ted Mack (born William Edward Maguiness)Boy
American radio and TV host
- Ted GowansBoy
Canadian guitarist of band Tegan & Sara
- Ted FuBoy
American YouTube filmmaker of Wong Fu Productions
- Theodore "Ted" BundyBoy
American serial killer
Ted in pop culture
- Ted BaxterBoy
character on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show;" played by Ted Knight
- Ted TonateBoy
character from "Ace Attorney" game series
- Theodore Evelyn "Ted" MosbyBoy
character on TV's "How I Met Your Mother"
- Ted ChaoughBoy
character on TV's "Mad Men"
- Ted TonksBoy
character in "Harry Potter" series.
- Ted "Teddy" LupinBoy
character from the Harry Potter series
- TedBoy
smart,mouth teddy bear in 2012 movie of same name & the 2015 sequel "Ted 2"
- Tayler Mark "Ted" BeeneBoy
character on TV series Oliver Beene
- Kasane TedBoy
UTAU and brother of Kasane Teto
- Ted Theodore LoganBoy
character in movie "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"
- TedBoy
the Generic Guy, character from the comic strip Dilbert
- TedBoy
gamekeeper of Lord Ralph Mayhew on British TV series The Fast Show
- "TedBoy
" 2001 novel by Tony DiTerlizzi and its main character
- Ted BucklandBoy
character on TV's Scrubs
- Father Ted CrillyBoy
character on British TV series Father Ted
- Theodore Margaret "Ted" CrispBoy
character on TV's Better Off Ted
- Ted LawsonBoy
character on TV's Small Wonder
- Ted ShawBoy
character on TV's "Defying Gravity"
- Theodore "Ted" SchmidtBoy
character on TV's Queer as Folk
- Theodore "Ted" SpragueBoy
character on TV's Heroes
- Ted TalbotBoy
Sr., character on TV series Rectify
- Ted Shackleford aka "The Man With the Yellow Hat"Boy
a character in the Curious George series
- Ted HopeBoy
character in movie "White House Down"
- Ted WilsonBoy
reoccurring character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- TED Talks (TechnologyBoy
Entertainment, Design), lecture series
- Ted WigginsBoy
character in the 2012 movie "The Lorax"