Titus

Boy Latin #374 in 2023

Titus is a boy name of Latin origin.

Meaning of Titus

The seventeenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus. Borrowed from Titus, a Roman and Sabine praenomen meaning either "honorable" or "strong; of the giants".

Popularity of Titus

Popularity, 1880–2023

864 births in 2023

1880 2023

25,040 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

2015

1,325 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.