“dear to God or favoured by God”
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A name. A world of connections.
A given name in Dutch
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Theophile is a masculine given name documented in Dutch.
Separate records with matching spellings: Théophile (French)
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2020: 5 boys (rank 12022).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1900–2025 Spelling: THEOPHILE
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Source: Insee · Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
« VALEUR : fréquence arrondie au multiple de 5 le plus proche ». « La mise en place de cet arrondi, à partir de la diffusion de juillet 2025, est motivée par la variabilité de quelques unités d'une année à l'autre des fréquences et par la mise en œuvre des obligations relatives au secret statistique. » « En raison des arrondis, la somme des effectifs départementaux peut différer des effectifs régionaux ou nationaux. » Every observation is therefore valueStatus=rounded (verified: 0 rows with a count that is not a multiple of 5).
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 310 | 75 | rounded |
| 1901 | 290 | 82 | rounded |
| 1902 | 290 | 85 | rounded |
| 1903 | 320 | 80 | rounded |
| 1904 | 325 | 77 | rounded |
| 1905 | 310 | 82 | rounded |
| 1906 | 290 | 86 | rounded |
| 1907 | 300 | 85 | rounded |
| 1908 | 340 | 80 | rounded |
| 1909 | 275 | 90 | rounded |
| 1910 | 325 | 82 | rounded |
| 1911 | 270 | 91 | rounded |
| 1912 | 285 | 90 | rounded |
| 1913 | 270 | 92 | rounded |
| 1914 | 285 | 86 | rounded |
| 1915 | 190 | 89 | rounded |
| 1916 | 120 | 100 | rounded |
| 1917 | 150 | 91 | rounded |
| 1918 | 150 | 96 | rounded |
| 1919 | 180 | 89 | rounded |
| 1920 | 275 | 92 | rounded |
| 1921 | 245 | 98 | rounded |
| 1922 | 190 | 111 | rounded |
| 1923 | 220 | 100 | rounded |
| 1924 | 190 | 107 | rounded |
| 1925 | 190 | 112 | rounded |
| 1926 | 180 | 117 | rounded |
| 1927 | 180 | 116 | rounded |
| 1928 | 185 | 114 | rounded |
| 1929 | 140 | 131 | rounded |
| 1930 | 125 | 136 | rounded |
| 1931 | 145 | 132 | rounded |
| 1932 | 135 | 131 | rounded |
| 1933 | 110 | 141 | rounded |
| 1934 | 100 | 143 | rounded |
| 1935 | 110 | 135 | rounded |
| 1936 | 105 | 136 | rounded |
| 1937 | 95 | 132 | rounded |
| 1938 | 80 | 149 | rounded |
| 1939 | 85 | 146 | rounded |
| 1940 | 45 | 185 | rounded |
| 1941 | 50 | 175 | rounded |
| 1942 | 45 | 185 | rounded |
| 1943 | 40 | 193 | rounded |
| 1944 | 40 | 198 | rounded |
| 1945 | 25 | 240 | rounded |
| 1946 | 45 | 205 | rounded |
| 1947 | 45 | 212 | rounded |
| 1948 | 30 | 280 | rounded |
| 1949 | 35 | 242 | rounded |
| 1950 | 30 | 285 | rounded |
| 1951 | 20 | 368 | rounded |
| 1952 | 25 | 305 | rounded |
| 1953 | 30 | 288 | rounded |
| 1954 | 10 | 540 | rounded |
| 1955 | 25 | 345 | rounded |
| 1956 | 20 | 392 | rounded |
| 1957 | 15 | 537 | rounded |
| 1958 | 15 | 502 | rounded |
| 1959 | 15 | 580 | rounded |
| 1960 | 10 | 660 | rounded |
| 1961 | 10 | 755 | rounded |
| 1962 | 20 | 544 | rounded |
| 1963 | 15 | 662 | rounded |
| 1964 | 10 | 703 | rounded |
| 1965 | 15 | 671 | rounded |
| 1966 | 10 | 716 | rounded |
| 1967 | 5 | 1,037 | rounded |
| 1968 | 15 | 682 | rounded |
| 1969 | 10 | 751 | rounded |
| 1970 | 15 | 700 | rounded |
| 1971 | 10 | 822 | rounded |
| 1972 | 5 | 1,348 | rounded |
| 1973 | 10 | 1,025 | rounded |
| 1974 | 5 | 1,289 | rounded |
| 1975 | 5 | 1,427 | rounded |
| 1976 | 10 | 1,110 | rounded |
| 1977 | 15 | 782 | rounded |
| 1978 | 15 | 891 | rounded |
| 1979 | 20 | 757 | rounded |
| 1980 | 15 | 828 | rounded |
| 1981 | 15 | 1,012 | rounded |
| 1982 | 30 | 609 | rounded |
| 1983 | 25 | 702 | rounded |
| 1984 | 20 | 737 | rounded |
| 1985 | 30 | 612 | rounded |
| 1986 | 30 | 637 | rounded |
| 1987 | 50 | 473 | rounded |
| 1988 | 75 | 406 | rounded |
| 1989 | 105 | 329 | rounded |
| 1990 | 120 | 320 | rounded |
| 1991 | 175 | 257 | rounded |
| 1992 | 165 | 262 | rounded |
| 1993 | 190 | 233 | rounded |
| 1994 | 205 | 225 | rounded |
| 1995 | 200 | 226 | rounded |
| 1996 | 225 | 217 | rounded |
| 1997 | 215 | 231 | rounded |
| 1998 | 235 | 227 | rounded |
| 1999 | 290 | 199 | rounded |
| 2000 | 335 | 190 | rounded |
| 2001 | 275 | 219 | rounded |
| 2002 | 240 | 244 | rounded |
| 2003 | 195 | 292 | rounded |
| 2004 | 200 | 299 | rounded |
| 2005 | 240 | 266 | rounded |
| 2006 | 200 | 325 | rounded |
| 2007 | 200 | 309 | rounded |
| 2008 | 205 | 313 | rounded |
| 2009 | 185 | 339 | rounded |
| 2010 | 155 | 405 | rounded |
| 2011 | 55 | 825 | rounded |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,517 | rounded |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,853 | rounded |
| 2014 | 30 | 1,286 | rounded |
| 2015 | 25 | 1,363 | rounded |
| 2016 | 15 | 2,257 | rounded |
| 2017 | 5 | 6,517 | rounded |
| 2018 | 5 | 4,823 | rounded |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “THEOPHILE” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-07-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · LO-2.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Theophile— “divinely loved”
Theophile, _m._ _Fr._ Gr. divinely loved, 100
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.