Tad
#7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · boys
- 1966 · 265 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,929since 1912
Tad over time
Rank among boys' names. Tad has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #5,340 | 17 |
| 2018 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | #5,746 | 15 |
| 2014 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #4,804 | 19 |
| 2012 | #4,533 | 21 |
| 2011 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #4,035 | 25 |
| 2008 | #4,395 | 22 |
| 2007 | #3,444 | 31 |
| 2006 | #3,024 | 36 |
| 2005 | #2,846 | 37 |
| 2004 | #2,887 | 35 |
| 2003 | #3,044 | 31 |
| 2002 | #2,556 | 38 |
| 2001 | #2,864 | 32 |
| 2000 | #2,864 | 31 |
| 1999 | #2,865 | 29 |
| 1998 | #2,782 | 29 |
| 1997 | #1,933 | 47 |
| 1996 | #1,655 | 58 |
| 1995 | #1,467 | 66 |
| 1994 | #1,345 | 75 |
| 1993 | #1,196 | 88 |
| 1992 | #1,274 | 79 |
| 1991 | #1,030 | 110 |
| 1990 | #1,117 | 92 |
| 1989 | #980 | 108 |
| 1988 | #916 | 108 |
| 1987 | #931 | 103 |
| 1986 | #785 | 133 |
| 1985 | #784 | 128 |
| 1984 | #759 | 130 |
| 1983 | #1,016 | 76 |
| 1982 | #1,133 | 65 |
| 1981 | #986 | 84 |
| 1980 | #894 | 100 |
| 1979 | #851 | 104 |
| 1978 | #786 | 116 |
| 1977 | #728 | 137 |
| 1976 | #683 | 146 |
| 1975 | #620 | 169 |
| 1974 | #615 | 171 |
| 1973 | #629 | 158 |
| 1972 | #621 | 160 |
| 1971 | #617 | 184 |
| 1970 | #575 | 197 |
| 1969 | #603 | 169 |
| 1968 | #533 | 205 |
| 1967 | #506 | 220 |
| 1966 | #470 | 265 |
| 1965 | #509 | 223 |
| 1964 | #578 | 187 |
| 1963 | #603 | 169 |
| 1962 | #616 | 157 |
| 1961 | #692 | 122 |
| 1960 | #647 | 145 |
| 1959 | #662 | 133 |
| 1958 | #657 | 137 |
| 1957 | #628 | 149 |
| 1956 | #675 | 125 |
| 1955 | #772 | 89 |
| 1954 | #1,068 | 49 |
| 1953 | #1,123 | 43 |
| 1952 | #1,517 | 25 |
| 1951 | #1,430 | 27 |
| 1950 | #1,464 | 25 |
| 1949 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #1,430 | 26 |
| 1947 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #1,343 | 27 |
| 1942 | #1,496 | 22 |
| 1941 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1932 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #1,731 | 19 |
| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,184 | 12 |
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| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Tad! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Tad is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Ohio#469 · 1 in 8,039
- Missouri#470 · 1 in 7,347
- Washington#475 · 1 in 5,927
- Michigan#632 · 1 in 11,172
- Illinois#742 · 1 in 11,964
Best ever in a state: #142 in North Dakota, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #469 | 10 | 1 in 8,039 |
| Missouri | #470 | 5 | 1 in 7,347 |
| Washington | #475 | 5 | 1 in 5,927 |
| Michigan | #632 | 6 | 1 in 11,172 |
| Illinois | #742 | 7 | 1 in 11,964 |
| California | #800 | 13 | 1 in 13,825 |
| Texas | #1,082 | 6 | 1 in 20,553 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tad
- 63 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #7,194)
- 308 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #7,194)
- 1,448 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1955 (#1,068 → #772)
- Biggest drop: 147 spots in 1982 (#986 → #1,133)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1966 at #470 (265 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1955–1981
- Highest: 1 in 6,730 boys born in 1966 were named Tad (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.9% of all boys named Tad (1,862) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 37 | #2,184 (1915) | #3,313 |
| 1920s | 96 | #1,731 (1929) | #3,051 |
| 1930s | 123 | #1,489 (1939) | #2,362 |
| 1940s | 201 | #1,343 (1943) | #1,618 |
| 1950s | 802 | #628 (1957) | #1,000 |
| 1960s | 1,862 | #470 (1966) | #576 |
| 1970s | 1,542 | #575 (1970) | #673 |
| 1980s | 1,035 | #759 (1984) | #918 |
| 1990s | 673 | #1,030 (1991) | #1,666 |
| 2000s | 318 | #2,556 (2002) | #3,196 |
| 2010s | 170 | #4,221 (2011) | #5,502 |
| 2020s | 70 | #6,220 (2023) | #6,962 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tad in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 16,553 of them was named Tad, which outranked 88.0% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).