Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 Todd
/TOD/
Meaning
“Unknown”
From a Northern English surname meaning 'fox'; transferred to given-name use in the 20th century, peaking hard in the United States during the 1960s-70s.
Nicknames
tod · toddy
Vibe
playful
How it ages.
Peaked mid-century and feels firmly parked there; not yet vintage enough to feel fresh.
The cultural moment.
Top 100 in the US from the late 1950s through the 1970s, now rarely given.