Theron
Theron was the 2474th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 55 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 452nd; the most babies were born in 1966 (180). Over the last ten years it has moved down 862 places. More babies were named Theron in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,474 boys, down 409 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 55boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1966180 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,000babies recorded
Theron popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 40 since 1925.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,474 | 55 |
| 2020 | #2,065 | 69 |
| 2010 | #1,636 | 96 |
| 2000 | #1,240 | 108 |
| 1990 | #1,020 | 109 |
| 1980 | #813 | 118 |
| 1970 | #666 | 152 |
| 1960 | #604 | 171 |
| 1950 | #700 | 97 |
| 1940 | #625 | 91 |
| 1930 | #575 | 109 |
| 1920 | #501 | 146 |
| 1910 | #452 | 38 |
| 1900 | #1,044 | 8 |
| 1890 | #1,148 | 5 |
| 1880 | #799 | 7 |
How popular is Theron, counting every spelling?
Theron is the most common spelling of a name family that had 60 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 60 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theron | 55 | #2,474 | 246 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Theron?
55 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Theron (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Theron born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 152 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Theron.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Theron?
About 8,000 people born in the US named Theron are alive today, with a median age of 44; half are between 24 and 59. That makes Theron mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Theron by state
How common Theron was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Theron: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Theron, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Theron
How popular is the name Theron?
Theron was the 2474th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 55 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 452nd; the most babies were born in 1966 (180). Over the last ten years it has moved down 862 places. More babies were named Theron in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Theron a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Theron in the US.
Where is Theron most popular?
In 2021–2025, Theron was most common in Georgia (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Texas.