Data through 2025

Theory name popularity in the United States

Theory ranked #5917 for girls in 2025. SSA recorded 20 girls named Theory.

Rank#5917

for girls in 2025

Girls recorded20

SSA

Peak year2023

20 recorded

Five-year change+150.0%

since 2020

Popularity over time

Theory for boys and girls

Girls

20

66.7% in 2025 · data from 2006 to 2025

Boys

10

33.3% in 2025 · data from 2009 to 2025

Recent year-by-year data

The latest published years are shown first.

YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys10#7679
2025girls20#5917
2024boys7#9894
2024girls16#6932
2023boys8#8921
2023girls20#5960
2022boys15#5874
2022girls18#6464
2021boys12#6698
2021girls18#6414
2020boys6#10605
2020girls8#11090
Show full history (26 rows)
YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys10#7679
2025girls20#5917
2024boys7#9894
2024girls16#6932
2023boys8#8921
2023girls20#5960
2022boys15#5874
2022girls18#6464
2021boys12#6698
2021girls18#6414
2020boys6#10605
2020girls8#11090
2019girls8#11356
2018boys8#8819
2018girls7#12464
2017girls5#15902
2016boys8#8816
2016girls8#11781
2015boys7#9568
2015girls7#13006
2014girls8#11931
2013girls9#11000
2012girls8#12199
2010boys5#12231
2009boys6#10994
2006girls5#17168

Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.

How Theory’s popularity has changed

Ten-year change+185.7%
Change since peak0.0%