Daniel vs Theodore

Theodore is the more popular boy name in Canada, #3 to #29 in 2023. Theodore is the more popular boy name in the United States, #4 to #16 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.

DanielTheodore#1#50#100#250Canada#29 → #3 ↑26United States#16 → #4 ↑12Alberta#16 → #4 ↑12British Columbia#17 → #4 ↑13Ontario#19 → #3 ↑16Quebec#112 → #20 ↑92
PlaceYear Daniel Theodore Ahead
Canada2023#29#3Theodore
United States2024#16#4Theodore
Alberta2024#16#4Theodore
British Columbia2024#17#4Theodore
Ontario2024#19#3Theodore
Quebec2024#112#20Theodore

Daniel and Theodore in Canada, 2020–2023

Daniel slipped from #28 in 2020 to #29 in 2023 in Canada. Theodore climbed from #11 in 2020 to #3 in 2023 in Canada.

#1#50#3 Theodore#29 Daniel2020202120222023

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Daniel and Theodore in the United States, 2020–2024

Daniel slipped from #14 in 2020 to #16 in 2024 in the United States. Theodore climbed from #23 in 2020 to #4 in 2024 in the United States. Theodore passed Daniel in 2021.

#1#50#4 Theodore#16 Daniel20202021202220232024

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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.