Thad
Boy · THAD · Aramaic
Thad is a boys' name of Aramaic origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Thad mean?
Aramaic: short form of Thaddeus, via Greek
Short for Thaddeus, one of the twelve apostles in the gospels of Matthew and Mark, traditionally identified with Jude.
- Say it
- THAD
Is Thad a girl's or a boy's name?
Thad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Thad, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1967, with 365 boys.
Half of all the boys named Thad in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,023 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,257 |
| 1996 | 36 | #2,249 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 41 | #1,964 |
| 1992 | 48 | #1,745 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 60 | #1,447 |
| 1989 | 48 | #1,636 |
| 1988 | 48 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,216 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,189 |
| 1984 | 72 | #1,053 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,095 |
| 1982 | 70 | #1,088 |
| 1981 | 90 | #947 |
| 1980 | 80 | #1,010 |
| 1979 | 112 | #821 |
| 1978 | 126 | #754 |
| 1977 | 137 | #728 |
| 1976 | 133 | #726 |
| 1975 | 156 | #659 |
| 1974 | 177 | #602 |
| 1973 | 201 | #560 |
| 1972 | 224 | #529 |
| 1971 | 265 | #499 |
| 1970 | 260 | #500 |
| 1969 | 323 | #439 |
| 1968 | 319 | #430 |
| 1967 | 365 | #401 |
| 1966 | 215 | #516 |
| 1965 | 136 | #642 |
| 1964 | 131 | #673 |
| 1963 | 123 | #698 |
| 1962 | 120 | #702 |
| 1961 | 113 | #719 |
| 1960 | 118 | #717 |
| 1959 | 96 | #781 |
| 1958 | 82 | #827 |
| 1957 | 94 | #774 |
| 1956 | 103 | #719 |
| 1955 | 85 | #791 |
| 1954 | 65 | #917 |
| 1953 | 62 | #907 |
| 1952 | 61 | #906 |
| 1951 | 54 | #948 |
| 1950 | 45 | #1,051 |
| 1949 | 52 | #957 |
| 1948 | 51 | #971 |
| 1947 | 64 | #869 |
| 1946 | 54 | #897 |
| 1945 | 50 | #899 |
| 1944 | 48 | #918 |
| 1943 | 59 | #869 |
| 1942 | 59 | #851 |
| 1941 | 55 | #850 |
| 1940 | 51 | #881 |
| 1939 | 36 | #1,070 |
| 1938 | 45 | #939 |
| 1937 | 56 | #817 |
| 1936 | 51 | #853 |
| 1935 | 45 | #940 |
| 1934 | 46 | #931 |
| 1933 | 48 | #895 |
| 1932 | 40 | #1,056 |
| 1931 | 47 | #959 |
| 1930 | 52 | #928 |
| 1929 | 54 | #914 |
| 1928 | 52 | #938 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,060 |
| 1926 | 37 | #1,174 |
| 1925 | 47 | #998 |
| 1924 | 61 | #886 |
| 1923 | 55 | #924 |
| 1922 | 53 | #958 |
| 1921 | 59 | #913 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,004 |
| 1919 | 47 | #989 |
| 1918 | 51 | #933 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,132 |
| 1916 | 47 | #922 |
| 1915 | 36 | #1,068 |
| 1914 | 41 | #836 |
| 1913 | 29 | #914 |
| 1912 | 23 | #935 |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 15 | #714 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 9 | #929 |
| 1906 | 11 | #752 |
| 1905 | 14 | #636 |
| 1904 | 12 | #686 |
| 1903 | 20 | #470 |
| 1902 | 16 | #536 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 14 | #679 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 13 | #592 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 17 | #480 |
| 1893 | 12 | #572 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 12 | #580 |
| 1887 | 15 | #438 |
| 1886 | 16 | #451 |
| 1885 | 10 | #604 |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
| 1882 | 13 | #514 |
| 1881 | 9 | #595 |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
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