Thaddius
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- THAD-ee-us
- Origin
- Aramaic
Thaddius is a boys' name of Aramaic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Thaddius mean?
Aramaic: variant of Thaddeus, via Greek
Variant of Thaddeus, the Greek form of an Aramaic name borne by one of Jesus's twelve apostles.
Is Thaddius a girl's or a boy's name?
Thaddius is a boys' name.
How popular is Thaddius in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Thaddius in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thaddius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Nicknames for Thaddius
Names like Thaddius
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobias, Darius, Joshua, Benjamin, Nicholas, Tyler, Travis, Alexis, Jeremy, Taylor, Adam, Jacob
Names related to Thaddius
More Aramaic names
Thomas, Tommy, Martha, Barnaby, Barney, Tabitha, Tomas, Tadeo, Tom, Tomos, Marta, Tommie, Tomi, Saphira, Tommaso, Barnabas
Sources
Figures from 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, “Thaddius: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thaddius, updated 20 October 2026.