Name meaning & stats
Teddy
Teddy means “wealth + guard” (Old English origin). 26,219 US babies since 1940, peak 1949.
What it means
“wealth + guard”
Old EnglishPet form of Edward
In US birth records
Peak year: 1949
26,219 US babies were named Teddy between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Teddy (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 93% of the family
- Teddy 93%
- Teddie 7%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1949)