Thadeus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- THAD-ee-us
- Origin
- Aramaic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Thadeus is a boys' name of Aramaic origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Thadeus mean?
Aramaic: spelling of Thaddeus; Greek form of an Aramaic name of uncertain meaning
Thaddeus is listed among the twelve apostles in Matthew and Mark, and is usually identified with Saint Jude.
Meaning borrowed from Thaddeus. More on Wiktionary.
Is Thadeus a girl's or a boy's name?
Thadeus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thadeus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Thadeus, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1918, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Thadeus in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 320 boys in the US were given Thadeus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #740, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
- Thaddeus 314
- Thadeus 6
Thadeus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,298 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,846 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,643 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,766 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,372 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
Nicknames for Thadeus
Names like Thadeus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nicholas Benjamin Abraham Tobias Elias Samuel Thomas Travis Jacob Julius Alex Elijah
Other spellings of Thadeus
Names related to Thadeus
More Aramaic names
Tommy Martha Barnaby Barney Tabitha Tomas Tadeo Tom Tomos Marta Tommie Tomi Saphira Tommaso Barnabas Talitha
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, “Thadeus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thadeus, updated 20 October 2026.