Tad
Boy · TAD · Aramaic
Tad is a boys' name of Aramaic origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Tad mean?
Aramaic: short form of Thaddeus
Abraham Lincoln's son Thomas was nicknamed Tad because as a baby he wriggled like a tadpole.
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Is Tad a girl's or a boy's name?
Tad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Tad, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1966, with 265 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Tad in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,023 |
| 2005 | 37 | #2,842 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,930 |
| 1996 | 58 | #1,652 |
| 1995 | 66 | #1,462 |
| 1994 | 75 | #1,341 |
| 1993 | 88 | #1,192 |
| 1992 | 79 | #1,270 |
| 1991 | 110 | #1,024 |
| 1990 | 92 | #1,113 |
| 1989 | 108 | #977 |
| 1988 | 108 | #915 |
| 1987 | 103 | #930 |
| 1986 | 133 | #785 |
| 1985 | 128 | #784 |
| 1984 | 130 | #759 |
| 1983 | 76 | #1,016 |
| 1982 | 65 | #1,133 |
| 1981 | 84 | #986 |
| 1980 | 100 | #894 |
| 1979 | 104 | #851 |
| 1978 | 116 | #786 |
| 1977 | 137 | #728 |
| 1976 | 146 | #683 |
| 1975 | 169 | #620 |
| 1974 | 171 | #615 |
| 1973 | 158 | #629 |
| 1972 | 160 | #621 |
| 1971 | 184 | #617 |
| 1970 | 197 | #575 |
| 1969 | 169 | #603 |
| 1968 | 205 | #533 |
| 1967 | 220 | #506 |
| 1966 | 265 | #470 |
| 1965 | 223 | #509 |
| 1964 | 187 | #578 |
| 1963 | 169 | #603 |
| 1962 | 157 | #616 |
| 1961 | 122 | #691 |
| 1960 | 145 | #646 |
| 1959 | 133 | #661 |
| 1958 | 137 | #656 |
| 1957 | 149 | #627 |
| 1956 | 125 | #674 |
| 1955 | 89 | #771 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,067 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,122 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,429 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,463 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,429 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,696 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,342 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,489 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Tad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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