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Teddi

Feminine · “gift of God”

1940high 2025
#2410 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare74 girls in 2025

Teddi is Theodora shortened — gift of God, in Greek — and the empress of that name began as an actress.

How old is the name Teddi?

Teddi first appears in US birth records in 1940 — 85 years ago. The typical Teddi alive today was born around 1982, making them about 43 years old. About 1,900 people named Teddi are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Teddi most popular?

Teddi peaked in 1956, reaching #1413 nationally. Today it ranks #2410, 997 places below that high. See the whole 1956 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Teddi

Theodora was an actress before she married Justinian and ruled beside him, and when a riot nearly toppled the throne she is said to have refused to flee. Teddi is a modern English short form used chiefly for girls. It appears in American records in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

gift of God

Generally a short form of Theodora, from the Greek theos, 'god', and doron, 'gift'. It may alternatively shorten Edith, from the Old English ead, 'wealth', and gyth, 'war'. Both are attributed. The Theodora route gives the transparent meaning.

How the name formed

  1. theos doron
  2. Theodora
  3. Teddi

Related forms: Teddy · Theodora

Pronouncing Teddi

TED-ee

Two syllables, stress on the first. Teddi and Teddy are homophones.

Nicknames for Teddi

Moderate

TheodoraThe parent form, available as a fuller and grander version
TedThe bare clipping, and a name in its own right with a large record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1940–2025743707419402025

US babies named Teddi per year from 1940 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#14131940s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1940
Most girls named
202574 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1413reached in 1956
Change vs 2023
+42.3%74 in 2025, from 52
Teddi sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 74 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Teddi in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Teddy in English — spelling variant
  • Theodora in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Washington.

Teddis among us

1,900

people named Teddi are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 21,720 born in 2025 was named Teddi

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Teddi

#2410
Teddi on the 2025 chart
#830
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Teddi went to 74 girls in 2025, but Teddy is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 130, which makes it the 830th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,580 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 12,364 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 21,720 for Teddi itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Thelda test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Teddi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Thelda climbed just as high around 1926, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Thelda's path sketches the road Teddi is walking now.

40%chance Teddi will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Teddi, aligned on its peakThelda· peak 1926not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+70 yrsThelda · #5255Teddi today
Teddi today is about where Thelda stood in 1995 — 69 years past a #1414-sized peak. Within 15 years, Thelda had drifted out of the mainstream charts.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Teddi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Teddi is headed

19402030

US babies named Teddi per year, 1940 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Teddi looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 34% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Rising+34% by 2030projected around #2,043 in 2030

Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Teddi beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Teddi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Teddithis name74#2410Ayda74#2410Laina74#2410Leana74#2410Sanvi74#2410

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The gift-of-God meaning is transparent and about as good as meanings get.
  • Theodora is available as a full formal version.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • It reads as a diminutive and as masculine to many.
  • The origin is split between Theodora and Edith.
  • Teddy is the commoner spelling.

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Frequently asked

How many Teddis are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Teddi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Teddi?
Teddi is the most-used spelling in US records — 74 of the 130 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Teddy.
How popular is the name Teddi in 2025?
Teddi ranks #2410 among US girl names in 2025, with 74 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Teddi?
About 1 in every 21,720 US girls born in 2025 was named Teddi — 74 in all.
Will my child share the name Teddi with classmates?
Teddi will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Teddi

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