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Thadius

Gender
Boy
Say it
THAD-ee-us
Origin
Aramaic

Thadius is a boys' name of Aramaic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Thadius mean?

Aramaic: spelling of Thaddius, itself a variant of Thaddeus, via Greek

Variant of Thaddeus, the Greek form of an Aramaic name borne by one of Jesus's twelve apostles.

Meaning borrowed from Thaddius.

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

Thadius is a boys' name.

How popular is Thadius in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1974, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.

Half of all the boys named Thadius in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.

1922Busiest: 19 in 19742024
Thadius in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20247#9,888
20230–
20220–
20210–
20205#12,016
20196#10,797
20186#10,754
20170–
20168#8,811
20157#9,562
20146#10,711
20138#8,784
20129#8,152
20115#12,280
20106#10,759
20097#9,859
200810#7,693
20076#10,915
20066#10,655
20058#8,292
20049#7,530
20038#7,824
200212#5,718
20019#6,928
20006#9,104
19997#7,867
199814#4,645
199712#4,954
199610#5,528
199511#5,118
199414#4,284
199311#4,995
199215#3,912
199114#3,998
19908#5,816
19899#5,158
19889#4,781
198713#3,516
198611#3,878
198510#4,047
19849#4,212
19830–
198210#3,964
198111#3,599
19807#4,938
197912#3,356
19787#4,552
197716#2,664
19769#3,722
197511#3,244
197419#2,197
197311#3,011
197217#2,243
19719#3,368
19707#3,834
19696#3,934
19687#3,364
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19516#3,362
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19245#4,345
19235#4,236
19225#4,305

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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, “Thadius: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thadius, updated 20 October 2026.