Meaning and history
Titus is a Roman praenomen of uncertain meaning, possibly connected to Latin titulus “title of honour,” though it is more likely of Oscan origin because it was borne by the legendary Sabine king Titus Tatius. In the New Testament, the name belongs to a companion of Saint Paul who became the first bishop of Crete and the recipient of one of Paul’s epistles. It was also the praenomen of all three 1st-century Roman emperors of the Flavian dynasty, especially the second, who is commonly known by this name. Shakespeare later used Titus for the title character of Titus Andronicus (1593), and as an English name it has been used occasionally since the Protestant Reformation.
20062006: 462 births, rank #548
2007: 536 births, rank #495
2008: 639 births, rank #442
2009: 643 births, rank #436
2010: 714 births, rank #396
20112011: 825 births, rank #362
2012: 855 births, rank #358
2013: 1,067 births, rank #316
2014: 1,278 births, rank #282
2015: 1,325 births, rank #280
20162016: 1,296 births, rank #282
2017: 1,182 births, rank #298
2018: 1,100 births, rank #309
2019: 1,045 births, rank #319
2020: 944 births, rank #340
20212021: 914 births, rank #356
2022: 910 births, rank #362
2023: 869 births, rank #373
2024: 848 births, rank #383
20252025: 910 births, rank #358
Titus rose from #383 to #358 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2015, with 1,325 births.