Chad
Boy · Old English
Chad is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “alpha male”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,699th for boys in the US (96 babies).
What does Chad mean?
Old English
“alpha male”
A male given name from Old English; also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Chad a girl's or a boy's name?
Chad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 96 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Chad, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 122 boys.
Half of all the boys named Chad in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Chad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,167 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,226 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,241 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 29 | #1,031 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,121 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 34 | #885 |
| 2007 | 27 | #991 |
| 2006 | 45 | #679 |
| 2005 | 62 | #507 |
| 2004 | 73 | #421 |
| 2003 | 79 | #374 |
| 2002 | 79 | #360 |
| 2001 | 84 | #351 |
| 2000 | 72 | #374 |
| 1999 | 84 | #344 |
| 1998 | 93 | #308 |
| 1997 | 112 | #276 |
| 1996 | 122 | #263 |
How popular is Chad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,699among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 96about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 96 boys in the US were named Chad, making it the 1,699th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,240th. Its busiest year was 1972, with 13,392 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Chad in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | #1,699 |
| 2024 | 90 | #1,809 |
| 2023 | 108 | #1,608 |
| 2022 | 132 | #1,403 |
| 2021 | 158 | #1,218 |
| 2020 | 150 | #1,240 |
| 2019 | 175 | #1,118 |
| 2018 | 241 | #899 |
| 2017 | 220 | #947 |
| 2016 | 291 | #799 |
| 2015 | 314 | #760 |
| 2014 | 346 | #704 |
| 2013 | 358 | #674 |
| 2012 | 434 | #589 |
| 2011 | 439 | #569 |
| 2010 | 463 | #545 |
| 2009 | 529 | #509 |
| 2008 | 613 | #452 |
| 2007 | 659 | #431 |
| 2006 | 799 | #373 |
| 2005 | 767 | #377 |
| 2004 | 828 | #343 |
| 2003 | 861 | #334 |
| 2002 | 928 | #309 |
| 2001 | 1,079 | #283 |
| 2000 | 1,453 | #236 |
| 1999 | 1,585 | #215 |
| 1998 | 1,808 | #186 |
| 1997 | 1,952 | #174 |
| 1996 | 2,168 | #161 |
| 1995 | 2,434 | #144 |
| 1994 | 2,730 | #130 |
| 1993 | 3,143 | #114 |
| 1992 | 3,356 | #108 |
| 1991 | 3,585 | #104 |
| 1990 | 4,351 | #85 |
| 1989 | 4,723 | #74 |
| 1988 | 5,299 | #65 |
| 1987 | 5,622 | #63 |
| 1986 | 6,026 | #59 |
| 1985 | 6,466 | #57 |
| 1984 | 7,062 | #51 |
| 1983 | 7,390 | #49 |
| 1982 | 7,909 | #48 |
| 1981 | 8,412 | #47 |
| 1980 | 10,142 | #39 |
| 1979 | 10,161 | #38 |
| 1978 | 10,107 | #35 |
| 1977 | 10,831 | #34 |
| 1976 | 11,766 | #29 |
| 1975 | 12,838 | #27 |
| 1974 | 12,788 | #26 |
| 1973 | 12,886 | #25 |
| 1972 | 13,392 | #25 |
| 1971 | 12,137 | #29 |
| 1970 | 6,628 | #51 |
| 1969 | 4,060 | #69 |
| 1968 | 2,917 | #104 |
| 1967 | 2,946 | #105 |
| 1966 | 2,201 | #135 |
| 1965 | 1,172 | #209 |
| 1964 | 875 | #259 |
| 1963 | 648 | #308 |
| 1962 | 464 | #374 |
| 1961 | 364 | #416 |
| 1960 | 255 | #494 |
| 1959 | 247 | #499 |
| 1958 | 249 | #492 |
| 1957 | 252 | #490 |
| 1956 | 221 | #508 |
| 1955 | 235 | #476 |
| 1954 | 202 | #512 |
| 1953 | 152 | #582 |
| 1952 | 118 | #643 |
| 1951 | 95 | #710 |
| 1950 | 66 | #835 |
| 1949 | 56 | #922 |
| 1948 | 55 | #932 |
| 1947 | 78 | #777 |
| 1946 | 57 | #869 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,005 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,107 |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,088 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,054 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,300 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,458 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,587 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,860 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
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