Ted

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Ted is a masculine given name. It is usually a diminutive form for Edward, Edwin, Edgar, Edmund, Theodore, among other names. Alternatives of Ted are Ned, Teddy, and Ed.

From Wikipedia

Ted first appears in the data in 2014 and has been recorded in 4 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 9 babies (rank #207 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Ted

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ted yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

29
Total babies (all years)
4
Years in the data
9
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
20145#303
20156#265
20169#207
20179#194