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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tod

Tod was the 13703rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 331st with 568 babies. More babies were named Tod in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Meaning (as Todd) fox · English

Rank in 2025
#13,703 boys
Babies in 2025
5boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1962568 babies
Total since 1880
7,707babies recorded

What does the name Tod mean?

Tod is a spelling of Todd, pronounced the same way, so it shares Todd's meaning and origin.

Todd is an English and Scottish surname from Middle English tod 'fox', first a nickname for a cunning person or a name for a fox hunter, as Wiktionary notes. The word survives in northern English dialects. As a first name it became popular in the US in the 1960s.

tod (Middle English, “fox”)

How sure is this? Well established.

Related names: Tod.

See also: English names, names that mean an animal.

Sources for this meaning

Tod popularity since 1880

02505007501k 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#13,7035
2020——
2010#9,5948
2000#5,88012
1990#2,25232
1980#1,52141
1970#479284
1960#457307
1950#89260
1940#1,24930
1930#4,4995
1920#4,9225
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Tod, counting every spelling?

Tod is a spelling of Todd, a name family that ranked #1,475 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #13,703 for Tod on its own. Together these spellings went to 110 boys in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Todd105#1,618563

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 Tod?

5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tod (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Tod 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 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tod.

Chance of another Tod in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Tod?

About 6,000 people born in the US named Tod are alive today, with a median age of 62; half are between 56 and 65. That makes Tod a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Tod by state

How common Tod was among boys born in each state in 1960–1964, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Oregon (3.3×), Idaho (2.8×), Utah (2.4×), Kansas (2.3×), Iowa (2.1×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Alabama, North Carolina, Kentucky.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.50 per 1,000 babiesWI0.50Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.51 per 1,000 babiesWA0.51Idaho: 0.68 per 1,000 babiesID0.68Montana: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesMT0.17North Dakota: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesND0.23Minnesota: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesMN0.30Illinois: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesIL0.32Michigan: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesMI0.31New York: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesNY0.15Massachusetts: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesMA0.14Oregon: 0.78 per 1,000 babiesOR0.78Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesSD0.32Iowa: 0.52 per 1,000 babiesIA0.52Indiana: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesIN0.34Ohio: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesOH0.37Pennsylvania: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesPA0.16New Jersey: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.14Connecticut: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesCT0.15Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesCA0.33Utah: 0.58 per 1,000 babiesUT0.58Colorado: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesCO0.35Nebraska: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesNE0.36Missouri: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesMO0.18Kentucky: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesKY0.07West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesVA0.11Maryland: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMD0.08Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.29New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.55 per 1,000 babiesKS0.55Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesTN0.08North Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNC0.06South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesDC0.07Oklahoma: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesOK0.22Louisiana: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesLA0.16Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesAL0.03Georgia: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesGA0.12Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesTX0.21Florida: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesFL0.20
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tod, boys, 1960–1964. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Tod: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tod, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Tod

What does Tod mean?

Tod is a spelling of Todd, which means “fox” (English origin). Certainty: well established.

How popular is the name Tod?

Tod was the 13703rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 331st with 568 babies. More babies were named Tod in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Tod a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Tod in the US.

Where was Tod most popular?

In 1960–1964, Tod was most common in Oregon (0.78 per 1,000 boys), followed by Idaho and Utah.