Theron
Theron is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 45 births. Its best rank was 452nd, in 1910, 1914–1915.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 450.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1966180 births
- Best rank
- #452first in 1910
- Since 1880
- 12,905people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,905 boys have been named Theron in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1966, with 180 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1960s alone account for 11%. It has spent 105 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Theron | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 63 | |
| 1890s | 101 | |
| 1900s | 167 | |
| 1910s | 1,032 | |
| 1920s | 1,255 | |
| 1930s | 1,015 | |
| 1940s | 1,070 | |
| 1950s | 922 | |
| 1960s | 1,483 | |
| 1970s | 1,480 | |
| 1980s | 1,083 | |
| 1990s | 1,030 | |
| 2000s | 1,061 | |
| 2010s | 883 | |
| 2020s | 260 |
In 1966, its biggest year
Theron was the 566th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1966 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1966.
Names that rose and fell with Theron
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mauricepeak 1921
- Elginpeak 1920
- Josephpeak 1956
- Nickpeak 1960
- Cliftonpeak 1975
- Coypeak 1926
- Prenticepeak 1939
- Lovellpeak 1916
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.