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Tadeo

Gender
Boy
Say it
tah-DAY-oh
Origin
Aramaic
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
US rank, 2025
#427 for boys

Tadeo is a boys' name of Aramaic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 427th for boys in the US (753 babies).

What does Tadeo mean?

Aramaic: Spanish form of Thaddeus

San Judas Tadeo, the apostle Jude Thaddeus, is widely venerated in Mexico as patron of desperate causes.

Is Tadeo a girl's or a boy's name?

Tadeo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 753 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Tadeo in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Tadeo, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys.

2025 had the most boys named Tadeo of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2017Busiest: 4 in 20252025
Tadeo in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20240–
20233#5,193
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20173#4,995

How popular is Tadeo in the US?

Rank in 2025
#427among boys
Babies in 2025
753about 1 in 2,300 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 127% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 753 boys in the US were named Tadeo, making it the 427th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 702nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 782 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.

Half of all the boys named Tadeo in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

1968Busiest: 782 in 20242025
Tadeo in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025753#427
2024782#412
2023642#473
2022568#521
2021465#598
2020361#702
2019331#731
2018266#837
2017266#833
2016221#944
2015189#1,049
2014189#1,052
2013152#1,180
201295#1,625
201180#1,794
201058#2,238
200942#2,846
200859#2,236
200748#2,564
200649#2,476
200533#3,087
200430#3,213
200334#2,843
200224#3,549
200118#4,296
200011#5,913
199912#5,311
19989#6,308
19975#9,259
19960–
19950–
19940–
19939#5,764
19925#8,426
19918#5,934
19905#8,108
19897#6,222
19880–
19876#6,083
19866#5,920
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19685#4,135

Names like Tadeo

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Tadeo

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Tadeo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tadeo, updated 20 October 2026.