Meaning not yet researched.
Thad: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 8 in 2025. Its best rank was #401 in 1967.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #401 in 1967; #9,610 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Thad in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#9,610 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1967, at #401.
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Thad: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 8 boys in 2025. Peak: #401 in 1967 · most boys in one year: 365 (1967).
In 2025, 8 US boys were named Thad, making it the 9,610th most common boys’ name of the year, up 4,426 places from #14,036 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 5 boys named Thad in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #401, reached in 1967. That year also had the most boys given the name: 365. For comparison, it was #5,266 in 2015 and #1,061 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Thad in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 6 babies with the name. In all, 8,224 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 1,963 babies named Thad.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 117 US boys were named Thad; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 18. In 2025 that was about 1 in 213,510 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Thaddeus (26,089 babies since 1880), Tad (6,929 babies since 1880) and Tadd (1,457 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Thadd, Tade and Thade are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Thaddeus.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Thadd (145), Tade (33), Thade (32).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 8 | #9,610 |
| 2024 | — | — | 5 | #14,036 |
| 2023 | — | — | 9 | #8,847 |
| 2022 | — | — | 9 | #8,911 |
| 2021 | — | — | 17 | #5,535 |
| 2020 | — | — | 8 | #9,470 |
| 2019 | — | — | 17 | #5,536 |
| 2018 | — | — | 14 | #6,303 |
| 2017 | — | — | 18 | #5,279 |
| 2016 | — | — | 12 | #7,100 |
| 2015 | — | — | 18 | #5,266 |
| 2014 | — | — | 26 | #3,996 |
| 2013 | — | — | 19 | #4,956 |
| 2012 | — | — | 29 | #3,701 |
| 2011 | — | — | 20 | #4,805 |
| 2010 | — | — | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | — | — | 23 | #4,417 |
| 2008 | — | — | 23 | #4,376 |
| 2007 | — | — | 20 | #4,783 |
| 2006 | — | — | 36 | #3,079 |
| 2005 | — | — | 30 | #3,381 |
| 2004 | — | — | 26 | #3,622 |
| 2003 | — | — | 25 | #3,618 |
| 2002 | — | — | 18 | #4,476 |
| 2001 | — | — | 32 | #2,921 |
| 2000 | — | — | 38 | #2,522 |
| 1999 | — | — | 28 | #3,023 |
| 1998 | — | — | 28 | #2,919 |
| 1997 | — | — | 37 | #2,305 |
| 1996 | — | — | 36 | #2,293 |
| 1995 | — | — | 33 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | — | — | 31 | #2,494 |
| 1993 | — | — | 41 | #2,000 |
| 1992 | — | — | 48 | #1,774 |
| 1991 | — | — | 34 | #2,187 |
| 1990 | — | — | 60 | #1,462 |
| 1989 | — | — | 48 | #1,655 |
| 1988 | — | — | 48 | #1,550 |
| 1987 | — | — | 55 | #1,362 |
| 1986 | — | — | 62 | #1,226 |
| 1985 | — | — | 62 | #1,212 |
| 1984 | — | — | 72 | #1,059 |
| 1983 | — | — | 66 | #1,104 |
| 1982 | — | — | 70 | #1,093 |
| 1981 | — | — | 90 | #953 |
| 1980 | — | — | 80 | #1,017 |
| 1979 | — | — | 112 | #825 |
| 1978 | — | — | 126 | #755 |
| 1977 | — | — | 137 | #731 |
| 1976 | — | — | 133 | #728 |
| 1975 | — | — | 156 | #663 |
| 1974 | — | — | 177 | #602 |
| 1973 | — | — | 201 | #561 |
| 1972 | — | — | 224 | #532 |
| 1971 | — | — | 265 | #499 |
| 1970 | — | — | 260 | #500 |
| 1969 | — | — | 323 | #439 |
| 1968 | — | — | 319 | #431 |
| 1967 | — | — | 365 | #401 |
| 1966 | — | — | 215 | #519 |
| 1965 | — | — | 136 | #644 |
| 1964 | — | — | 131 | #676 |
| 1963 | — | — | 123 | #701 |
| 1962 | — | — | 120 | #705 |
| 1961 | — | — | 113 | #725 |
| 1960 | — | — | 118 | #719 |
| 1959 | — | — | 96 | #787 |
| 1958 | — | — | 82 | #831 |
| 1957 | — | — | 94 | #778 |
| 1956 | — | — | 103 | #726 |
| 1955 | — | — | 85 | #800 |
| 1954 | — | — | 65 | #928 |
| 1953 | — | — | 62 | #919 |
| 1952 | — | — | 61 | #913 |
| 1951 | — | — | 54 | #960 |
| 1950 | — | — | 45 | #1,061 |
| 1949 | — | — | 52 | #966 |
| 1948 | — | — | 51 | #987 |
| 1947 | — | — | 64 | #876 |
| 1946 | — | — | 54 | #908 |
| 1945 | — | — | 50 | #913 |
| 1944 | — | — | 48 | #934 |
| 1943 | — | — | 59 | #874 |
| 1942 | — | — | 59 | #856 |
| 1941 | — | — | 55 | #857 |
| 1940 | — | — | 51 | #890 |
| 1939 | — | — | 36 | #1,084 |
| 1938 | — | — | 45 | #949 |
| 1937 | — | — | 56 | #822 |
| 1936 | — | — | 51 | #859 |
| 1935 | — | — | 45 | #954 |
| 1934 | — | — | 46 | #939 |
| 1933 | — | — | 48 | #904 |
| 1932 | 5 | #5,019 | 40 | #1,075 |
| 1931 | — | — | 47 | #973 |
| 1930 | — | — | 52 | #941 |
| 1929 | — | — | 54 | #921 |
| 1928 | — | — | 52 | #947 |
| 1927 | — | — | 44 | #1,076 |
| 1926 | — | — | 37 | #1,189 |
| 1925 | — | — | 47 | #1,008 |
| 1924 | — | — | 61 | #896 |
| 1923 | — | — | 55 | #929 |
| 1922 | — | — | 53 | #972 |
| 1921 | — | — | 59 | #919 |
| 1920 | — | — | 47 | #1,017 |
| 1919 | — | — | 47 | #998 |
| 1918 | — | — | 51 | #939 |
| 1917 | — | — | 35 | #1,150 |
| 1916 | — | — | 47 | #937 |
| 1915 | — | — | 36 | #1,081 |
| 1914 | — | — | 41 | #854 |
| 1913 | — | — | 29 | #928 |
| 1912 | — | — | 23 | #967 |
| 1911 | — | — | 12 | #1,031 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,297 |
| 1909 | — | — | 15 | #749 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,101 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #995 |
| 1906 | — | — | 11 | #795 |
| 1905 | — | — | 14 | #661 |
| 1904 | — | — | 12 | #719 |
| 1903 | — | — | 20 | #485 |
| 1902 | — | — | 16 | #551 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #938 |
| 1900 | — | — | 14 | #695 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,190 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,109 |
| 1897 | — | — | 8 | #844 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #635 |
| 1895 | — | — | 11 | #676 |
| 1894 | — | — | 17 | #497 |
| 1893 | — | — | 12 | #608 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,240 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,111 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #805 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #782 |
| 1888 | — | — | 12 | #604 |
| 1887 | — | — | 15 | #456 |
| 1886 | — | — | 16 | #468 |
| 1885 | — | — | 10 | #636 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #960 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #791 |
| 1882 | — | — | 13 | #539 |
| 1881 | — | — | 9 | #649 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #900 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).