Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Theophile

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
English
National protector
Teutonic
Defender of the nation

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Theophile

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1928 (rank #2048, 15 births); most recent 2020 (rank #12015, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20205
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #4020, 4 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4782, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1908 (rank #79, 342 births); most recent 2023 (rank #732, 57 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1931 (rank #714, 7 births); most recent 1971 (rank #2024, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202357–
202276–
202187–
2020122–
2019129–
2018136–
2017126–
2016163–
2015134–
2014122–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence