girl's name

Teodora

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 2,418

Northern Ireland

#475

2017 births

Teodora is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 20 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1921, when 23 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 165,782 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1893.

Teodora over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Teodora by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 18
1900s 31
1910s 114
1920s 190
1930s 144
1940s 116
1950s 64
1960s 33
1970s 58
1980s 68
1990s 79
2000s 142
2010s 146
2020s (to 2025) 120

How popular is Teodora?

In 2025, Teodora was given to 20 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Teodora is used

Northern Ireland #475 3 in 2017
Ireland #763 4 in 2023
England & Wales #1,008 34 in 2025
France #1,631 20 in 2025
Canada #1,732 13 in 2024
United States #5,957 20 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Teodora is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Téodora Téodora is a rare spelling of Teodora, written with an acute accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Teodora

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Teodora also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Teodora over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Teodora in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Dutch
Dora
Greek
Dora
Italian
Dora
Latvian
Dora
Turkish
Dora
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Doria

Sibling names for Teodora

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Teodora — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Teodora

How popular is the name Teodora?

In 2025, Teodora was given to 20 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Teodora a girl's or a boy's name?

Teodora is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Teodora most popular?

Teodora peaked in 1921, when 23 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Teodora a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Teodora currently ranks #1,008 in the United States. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.