Theophilus
2025 SSA
About Theophilus
This is a multi-syllabic New Testament relic that could be yet another fresh way to get to Theo. In the beginning of Luke's gospel, he dedicates his words to Theophilus.
Theophilus North is the title of a novel by Thornton Wilder and the name of its protagonist.
Pronounced thee-AH-fuh-lus.
As of October 2026, Theophilus ranked #2417 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1048 in 1901.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,977 | 39 | 20.3 |
| 2015 | #3,358 | 34 | 17.7 |
| 2016 | #2,619 | 48 | 25.3 |
| 2017 | #3,000 | 40 | 21.6 |
| 2018 | #2,615 | 49 | 27 |
| 2019 | #2,937 | 42 | 23.4 |
| 2020 | #2,837 | 43 | 24.9 |
| 2021 | #2,855 | 44 | 25.2 |
| 2022 | #2,165 | 68 | 38.9 |
| 2023 | #2,270 | 63 | 36.8 |
| 2024 | #2,225 | 65 | 37.7 |
| 2025 | #2,417 | 57 | 33.4 |
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Theophilus on lists
Famous Theophiluss
- Theophilus
Patriarch of Antioch
- Theophilus
23rd Pope of Alexandria
- Theophilus Siegfried Bayer
German classical scholar
- Theophilus Brabourne
English theologian
- Theophilus Carter
English furniture dealer upon whom Lewis Carroll supposedly based the Mad Hatter
- Theophilus Cibber (1703
58), English actor and playwright
- Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma
Nigerian soldier, politician and businessman
- Theophilus Howard (1584
1640), English statesman
- Theophilus Lewis
American drama critic and writer
- Theophilus Musa London
American rapper
- Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart
birth name of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who preferred the Latin translation of his Greek middle name
- Theophilus Tawiah
Ghanaian lawyer and entrepreneur
Theophilus in pop culture
- From 'Theophilus North': 'But we are in *America*
Theophilus. (What a beautiful name that is.) Here everybody calls everybody else by their given name after five minutes.'
- Professor Theophilus Branestawm
the hero of Norman Hunter's 'Professor Branestawm' books (1933,83)
- Captain Theophilus Sterling
a character in K.A. Barker's 'The Book of Days'
- Theophilus
honorary title of the person to whom the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles are addressed in the Bible