Arlo or Theo

Theo is the more popular boy name in Canada, #17 to #88 in 2024. Theo is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #12 to #15 in 2025. Theo is the more popular boy name in the USA, #80 to #146 in 2024.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Arlo against Theo, in that place's most recent complete year.ArloTheo#1#50#100#250Canada#88 → #17 ↑71England and Wales#15 → #12 ↑3USA#146 → #80 ↑66Alberta#131 → #47 ↑84British Columbia#63 → #26 ↑37Ontario#122 → #33 ↑89Quebec#104 → #10 ↑94
PlaceYear Arlo Theo Ahead
Canada2024#88#17Theo
England and Wales2025#15#12Theo
USA2024#146#80Theo
Alberta2024#131#47Theo
British Columbia2024#63#26Theo
Ontario2024#122#33Theo
Quebec2024#104#10Theo

Arlo and Theo in Canada, 2020–2024

Arlo climbed from #147 in 2020 to #88 in 2024 in Canada. Theo climbed from #30 in 2020 to #17 in 2024 in Canada.

Arlo and Theo ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#17 Theo#88 Arlo20202021202220232024

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Arlo and Theo in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Arlo climbed from #27 in 2020 to #15 in 2025 in England and Wales. Theo climbed from #17 in 2020 to #12 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Arlo and Theo ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#12 Theo#15 Arlo202020212022202320242025

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Arlo and Theo in the USA, 2020–2024

Arlo climbed from #220 in 2020 to #146 in 2024 in the USA. Theo climbed from #172 in 2020 to #80 in 2024 in the USA.

Arlo and Theo ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#80 Theo#146 Arlo20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.