Teddie
Teddie is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Teddie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Teddie is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Teddie
As a girl name
American parents first put Teddie on the record books as a girl name in 1919, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1953, when 30 Teddies were born — ranking #1,834 that year. As of 2026, Teddie ranks #5,080 for girls with 26 births, rising sharply (+93% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Teddie on the record books as a boy name in 1900, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1940, when 33 Teddies were born — ranking #1,156 that year. Teddie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Teddie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Teddie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Teddie
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About the name Teddie
Teddie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1900 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Teddie's peak popularity came in 1940 when it ranked #1,156. Use the chart and map above to compare Teddie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.