Todd

Origin: English
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Origin and Meaning of Todd

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A submission from North Carolina, United States says the name Todd means "Sly as a fox" and is of Scottish origin.
A submission from Connecticut, United States says the name Todd means ""The Fox", as in, as sly as" and is of Scottish origin.

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Fictional character in a play by George Pitt; a barber who murdered his customers
Synonyms: sweeney todd
Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)
Synonyms: lord todd and sir alexander robertus todd

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The family name is from Middle English todde (â€œfoxâ€), as a nickname, or from a sign often used outside of roadside inns and adopted as a family name by those who lived there (compare Bush).

A surnameâ€‹.
A male given name transferred from the surname.

Notable Persons Named Todd

T. J. Miller

T. J. Miller is an actor, voice actor, comedian, and director. He has been prominent since 2007. T. was given the name Todd Joseph Miller on June 4th, 1981 in Denver, Colorado, United States.

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Todd Fisher

Todd Fisher is an actor, director, producer, cinematographer, business executive, curator, and cinematography. His ongoing career started in 1959. Todd was given the name Todd Emmanuel Fisher by his parents Eddie Fisher (singer) and Debbie Reynolds on February 24th, 1958 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

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Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren is a rock music, pop music, and experimental music musician, songwriter, record producer, music video director, and audio engineer. He plays Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, piano, and Theremin. He has been prominent since 1967. Todd was given the name Todd Harry Rundgren on June 22nd, 1948 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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Todd Ricketts

Todd Ricketts is an ending spending pac, higher gear bike shops, and chicago cubs.

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Leon Bridges

Leon Bridges is a soul music, gospel music, rhythm, and blues musician. Leon was given the name Todd Michael Bridges on July 13th, 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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Todd Phillips

Todd Phillips is a director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His ongoing career started in 1993. Todd was given the name Todd Bunzl on December 20th, 1970 in New York City, New York, U.S.

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Jason Peter Todd

Jason Peter Todd is a comics character.

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Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd is a barber and serial killer. Sweeney is also known as The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Benjamin Barker.

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Chuck Todd

Chuck Todd is a moderator of meet the press, nbc news political director, adjunct professor, and johns hopkins university. Chuck was given the name Charles David Todd on April 8th, 1972 in Miami, Florida, United States. Chuck is also known as Chuck Todd.

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Tony Todd

Tony Todd is an actor and producer. His ongoing career started in 1986. Tony was given the name Anthony Tiran Todd on December 4th, 1954 in Washington, D.C., United States.

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Mike Todd

Mike was given the name Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen on June 22nd, 1909 in Minneapolis. He breathed his last breath on March 22nd, 1958.

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born	Ranking
1881	8	0	8
1882	6	0	6
1887	5	0	5
1900	7	0	7
1903	6	0	6
1904	5	0	5
1907	5	0	5
1911	8	0	8
1913	11	0	11
1914	10	0	10
1915	19	0	19
1916	20	0	20
1917	21	0	21
1918	15	0	15
1919	9	0	9
1920	26	0	26
1921	29	0	29
1922	16	0	16
1923	22	0	22
1924	33	0	33
1925	20	0	20
1926	21	0	21
1927	11	0	11
1928	15	0	15
1929	35	0	35
1930	28	0	28
1931	18	0	18
1932	27	0	27
1933	27	0	27
1934	32	0	32
1935	37	0	37
1936	42	0	42
1937	51	0	51
1938	68	0	68
1939	68	0	68
1940	88	0	88
1941	99	0	99
1942	134	0	134
1943	161	0	161
1944	176	0	176
1945	163	0	163
1946	237	0	237
1947	305	0	305
1948	346	0	346
1949	461	0	461
1950	593	0	593
1951	796	0	796
1952	961	0	961
1953	1,104	5	1,099
1954	1,289	0	1,289
1955	1,621	6	1,615
1956	2,020	5	2,015
1957	2,411	9	2,402
1958	3,475	13	3,462
1959	4,344	11	4,333	#99 boy name
1960	5,760	15	5,745	#71 boy name
1961	9,783	30	9,753	#46 boy name
1962	12,777	31	12,746	#30 boy name
1963	14,828	32	14,796	#30 boy name
1964	15,401	47	15,354	#28 boy name
1965	13,984	43	13,941	#30 boy name
1966	13,604	45	13,559	#29 boy name
1967	13,503	48	13,455	#29 boy name
1968	14,721	63	14,658	#28 boy name
1969	14,809	56	14,753	#28 boy name
1970	14,478	48	14,430	#28 boy name
1971	12,106	40	12,066	#30 boy name
1972	10,036	53	9,983	#31 boy name
1973	8,734	53	8,681	#35 boy name
1974	7,891	41	7,850	#39 boy name
1975	7,189	32	7,157	#43 boy name
1976	6,477	36	6,441	#50 boy name
1977	6,303	26	6,277	#50 boy name
1978	5,532	29	5,503	#56 boy name
1979	5,014	28	4,986	#60 boy name
1980	4,154	25	4,129	#75 boy name
1981	3,985	28	3,957	#73 boy name
1982	3,631	32	3,599	#82 boy name
1983	3,357	20	3,337	#87 boy name
1984	3,120	14	3,106	#91 boy name
1985	2,958	19	2,939	#99 boy name
1986	2,596	11	2,585
1987	2,375	19	2,356
1988	2,221	20	2,201
1989	2,135	10	2,125
1990	1,982	7	1,975
1991	1,743	0	1,743
1992	1,424	0	1,424
1993	1,240	0	1,240
1994	1,146	5	1,141
1995	1,027	0	1,027
1996	890	0	890
1997	842	0	842
1998	708	5	703
1999	628	0	628
2000	583	0	583
2001	530	0	530
2002	508	0	508
2003	466	0	466
2004	440	0	440
2005	390	0	390
2006	352	0	352
2007	326	0	326
2008	287	0	287
2009	235	0	235
2010	264	0	264
2011	244	0	244
2012	236	0	236
2013	206	0	206
2014	180	0	180
2015	211	0	211
2016	185	0	185
2017	160	0	160

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Todd	U.S.
█	White	80.77%	64.26%
█	African American	13.58%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	0.51%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	0.68%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	2.11%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	2.34%	16.26%

Of Last Name Todd

People with the last name Todd are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Todd

What name lists does Todd rank for?

#120 Most Popular Boy Name

#40 Last Name First Names
How Popular is the name Todd? Todd is the 259^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Todd was the 460^th most popular name in 2010.
How many people with the first name Todd have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 282,460 babies born with the first name Todd in the United States. That's more than enough people named Todd to occupy the territory of French Polynesia (France) with an estimated population of 277,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Todd? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1881 when it was given as a first name to 8 new born babies.
When was Todd first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Todd is Wednesday, March 1st, 1876.
What year had the most people named Todd born? The highest recorded use of the first name Todd was in 1964 with a total of 15,354 babies. That's a lot of babies named Todd!
Random Todd Factoid: According to the 1966 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Todd ranks 52^nd in popularity as a baby boy's name in New Mexico. Imagine that, 46 babies in New Mexico have the same name as you in 1966.
Weird things about the name Todd: Your name in reverse order is Ddot. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Dodt. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Todd? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 71,759 people with the last name Todd.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Todd? Todd was ranked as the 460^th most popular last name but is still less than 0.1% of the population!