Given name & surname
Todd
“resembling a fox”
Todd is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “resembling a fox.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “resembling a fox.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
It entered given-name use through an existing surname.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Todd through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 283,390
- 282,330 boys · 1,060 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 15,397 babies
- 2025
- 105
- #1,618 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 105 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,618 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 28.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15,350 in 1964. In 2025, Pennsylvania had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 238,713 as a first name in 2020; 68,395 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Todd
- Todd PhillipsAmerican filmmakerborn 1970
- Todd HaynesAmerican film director and screenwriter (born 1961)
- Todd WoodbridgeAustralian tennis playerborn 1971
- Todd GraffAmerican actor, writer and directorborn 1959
- Todd HowardAmerican video game designer, director, and producer (born 1970)
- Todd McFarlaneCanadian artist and entrepreneur (born 1961)
- Todd YoungUnited States Senator from Indianaborn 1972
- Todd RundgrenAmerican musician, songwriter, and record producerborn 1948
- Todd MartinAmerican tennis playerborn 1970
Characters named Todd: Todd Alquist (the television drama series Breaking Bad).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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