Tad

Where Tad comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Tad.

Tad through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,544 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Tad Mosel born
    American playwright
  3. 1957
    Tad Williams born
    American fantasy and science fiction writer
  4. 1966
    Peak, #470
    265 babies named Tad, the most in any year.
  5. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #786.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Tad Williams · American fantasy and science fiction writer, born 1957
  • Tad Mosel · American playwright, 1922–2008
  • Tad Dorgan · American cartoonist, 1877–1929
  • Tad Robinson · American soul blues singer, born 1956
  • Tad Waddington · American businessman

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.