Tod
Tod is a given name. Notable persons with that name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Tod
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tod is a given name. Notable persons with that name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Tod
American parents first put Tod on the record books as a baby boy name in 1915, with 12 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1962, when 568 Tods were born — ranking #331 that year. About 52% of every Tod on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Tod last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 8K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Tod
Tod is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Tod's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #331. Use the chart and map above to compare Tod'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 .
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