Boys' name · peaked in 2015
Titus name popularity since 1925
26,355 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Titus. Half of them were born in 2013 or earlier, so the typical Titus is about 13 years old in 2026. Titus peaked in 2015 as the #280 name for boys, and it ranked #358 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 26,355
- Named Titus, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #358
- for boys in 2025 (910 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% boys
- 12 girls · 26,343 boys
- Most popular in
- Washington
- 2.01× its national share
Peak year is the year Titus made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Titus births per year, 1925–2025
2015 was the biggest year for Titus both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1996 and 2001, Titus became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 12,000 baby boys to 1 in 5,700.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Titus's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Titus.
Decade by decade
Babies named Titus in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 145 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 246 | #1,750 |
| 1940s | 0 | 250 | #1,531 |
| 1950s | 0 | 385 | #1,368 |
| 1960s | 0 | 659 | #813 |
| 1970s | 6 | 1,069 | #787 |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,452 | #767 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,601 | #911 |
| 2000s | 0 | 4,454 | #536 |
| 2010s | 6 | 10,687 | #280 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 5,395 | #358 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
52.0% of babies named Titus from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Titus is most popular
The index compares Titus's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Titus.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 2.01× | 778 |
| Colorado | 1.78× | 509 |
| Oregon | 1.77× | 385 |
| Oklahoma | 1.76× | 531 |
| Tennessee | 1.75× | 851 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Titus and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Titus (this page) | 26,343 | 2015 |
| Tytus | 1,543 | 2012 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Titus's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Titus.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Titus (2015).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data