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Teofilo vs Teonna

American parents have registered 1,141 Teonnas since 1880, against 1,040 Teofilos. Teonna is still ahead, with 5 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Teofilo against Teonna, 1880 to 2025 0 15 30 45 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Teofilo Teonna

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 109 years in which either name was published, Teofilo for 66 years and Teonna for 43 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.

Side by side

  Teofilo Teonna
Total US births 1,0401,141
Most in one year 2355
Babies in 2025 under 55
Estimated living today 6901,100
Median age today 4526
Peak year 19781996
Best rank 2,068th boys2,372nd girls
Rank in 2025 unranked14,942nd
First recorded 19051970
Girls / boys 0 / 1,0401,141 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Teofilos alive today are over 45; half the Teonnas are over 26. That is 19 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Teofilo and Teonna.