Meaning and history
Short form of Edward or Theodore; a notable bearer was the American baseball player Ted Williams (1918–2002), who was born Theodore.
20062006: 59 births, rank #2,176
2007: 61 births, rank #2,185
2008: 75 births, rank #1,916
2009: 53 births, rank #2,401
2010: 81 births, rank #1,806
20112011: 66 births, rank #2,035
2012: 67 births, rank #2,049
2013: 73 births, rank #1,915
2014: 59 births, rank #2,256
2015: 48 births, rank #2,565
20162016: 56 births, rank #2,335
2017: 56 births, rank #2,319
2018: 49 births, rank #2,579
2019: 55 births, rank #2,421
2020: 35 births, rank #3,202
20212021: 38 births, rank #3,121
2022: 41 births, rank #3,003
2023: 43 births, rank #2,895
2024: 44 births, rank #2,873
20252025: 37 births, rank #3,181
Ted moved from #895 to #959 for boys between 1995 and 1996. Its highest annual birth count came in 1958, with 1,743 births.