Thad
Thad was the 9610th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1967, when it ranked 401st with 365 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,344 places. More babies were named Thad in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,610 boys, down 140 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1967365 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,224babies recorded
Thad popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1932.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,610 | 8 |
| 2020 | #9,470 | 8 |
| 2010 | #4,220 | 24 |
| 2000 | #2,522 | 38 |
| 1990 | #1,462 | 60 |
| 1980 | #1,017 | 80 |
| 1970 | #500 | 260 |
| 1960 | #719 | 118 |
| 1950 | #1,061 | 45 |
| 1940 | #890 | 51 |
| 1930 | #941 | 52 |
| 1920 | #1,017 | 47 |
| 1910 | #1,297 | 8 |
| 1900 | #695 | 14 |
| 1890 | #805 | 8 |
| 1880 | #900 | 6 |
How popular is Thad, counting every spelling?
Thad has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Thad?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Thad (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Thad born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Thad.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Thad?
About 5,500 people born in the US named Thad are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 45 and 60. That makes Thad mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Thad: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Thad, they share its era and feel.
Thad is also a nickname for Thaddeus.
Questions about the name Thad
How popular is the name Thad?
Thad was the 9610th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1967, when it ranked 401st with 365 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,344 places. More babies were named Thad in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Thad a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Thad in the US.