Thad

Last seen for girls in 1932 at #4,411 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1967 · 365 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,219
since 1880

Thad over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Thad has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #401, 1967boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024#12,3495
2023#8,2559
2022#8,3009
2021#5,33817
2020#8,7398
2019#5,34017
2018#6,03614
2017#5,11118
2016#6,72612
2015#5,05818
2014#3,89126
2013#4,80419
2012#3,62529
2011#4,65920
2010#4,09924
2009#4,27823
2008#4,26723
2007#4,64020
2006#3,02436
2005#3,31930
2004#3,53426
2003#3,52825
2002#4,32218
2001#2,86432
2000#2,47638
1999#2,93928
1998#2,85128
1997#2,26037
1996#2,25436
1995#2,34633
1994#2,44431
1993#1,96941
1992#1,75048
1991#2,14334
1990#1,45260
1989#1,64148
1988#1,52548
1987#1,33755
1986#1,21762
1985#1,19062
1984#1,05472
1983#1,09566
1982#1,08870
1981#94790
1980#1,01080
1979#821112
1978#754126
1977#728137
1976#726133
1975#659156
1974#602177
1973#560201
1972#529224
1971#499265
1970#500260
1969#439323
1968#430319
1967#401365
1966#516215
1965#642136
1964#673131
1963#698123
1962#702120
1961#720113
1960#718118
1959#78296
1958#82882
1957#77594
1956#720103
1955#79285
1954#91865
1953#90862
1952#90761
1951#94954
1950#1,05245
1949#95852
1948#97251
1947#87064
1946#89754
1945#89950
1944#91848
1943#86959
1942#85159
1941#85055
1940#88151
1939#1,07036
1938#93945
1937#81756
1936#85351
1935#94045
1934#93146
1933#89548
1932#4,4115#1,05640
1931#95947
1930#92852
1929#91454
1928#93852
1927#1,06044
1926#1,17437
1925#99847
1924#88661
1923#92455
1922#95853
1921#91359
1920#1,00447
1919#98947
1918#93351
1917#1,13235
1916#92247
1915#1,06836
1914#83641
1913#91429
1912#93523
1911#98212
1910#1,1938
1909#71415
1908#1,0218
1907#9309
1906#75211
1905#63614
1904#68612
1903#47020
1902#53616
1901#8587
1900#68014
1899#1,0515
1898#1,0026
1897#7878
1896#59213
1895#64011
1894#48017
1893#57212
1892#1,0665
1891#9635
1890#7398
1889#7228
1888#58012
1887#43815
1886#45116
1885#60410
1884#8486
1883#7207
1882#51413
1881#5959
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Thad was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1891–1892, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Thad is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedMNIllinois: #540 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 6,780 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedWIMichigan: #608 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,721 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedSDIowa: #237 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,639 boysIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedINOhio: #501 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 8,609 boysOHPennsylvania: #596 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 12,364 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,326 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 33,086 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedCONebraska: #214 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,902 boysNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedNMKansas: #206 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,734 boysKSArkansas: #324 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,084 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #508 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,416 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #350 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,309 boysOKLouisiana: #551 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,500 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedHITexas: #861 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 14,020 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Thad, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kansas#206 · 1 in 1,734
  2. Nebraska#214 · 1 in 1,902
  3. Iowa#237 · 1 in 2,639
  4. Arkansas#324 · 1 in 3,084
  5. Oklahoma#350 · 1 in 3,309

Best ever in a state: #91 in South Dakota, 1967.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#20691 in 1,734
Nebraska#21461 in 1,902
Iowa#23781 in 2,639
Arkansas#32451 in 3,084
Oklahoma#35061 in 3,309
Ohio#50191 in 8,609
North Carolina#50861 in 6,416
Illinois#540121 in 6,780
Louisiana#55161 in 5,500
Pennsylvania#59661 in 12,364
Michigan#60861 in 10,721
Texas#86181 in 14,020
California#1,32651 in 33,086
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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 Thad
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3,439 spots since 2024 (#12,349#8,910)
  • 171 spots since 2020 (#8,739#8,910)
  • 3,852 spots since 2015 (#5,058#8,910)
  • Biggest jump: 494 spots in 1893 (#1,066#572)
  • Biggest drop: 479 spots in 1910 (#714#1,193)
Rise & fade · boys
87 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1967 at #401 (365 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 88 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1951–1979
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,778
  • Highest: 1 in 4,778 boys born in 1967 were named Thad (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 23.9% of all boys named Thad (1,963) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s102#438 (1887)#628
1890s90#480 (1894)#789
1900s126#470 (1903)#728
1910s329#836 (1914)#990
1920s509#886 (1924)#977
1930s466#817 (1937)#939
1940s543#850 (1941)#897
1950s747#720 (1956)#863
1960s1,963#401 (1967)#594
1970s1,791#499 (1971)#638
1980s653#947 (1981)#1,210
1990s376#1,452 (1990)#2,241
2000s271#2,476 (2000)#3,625
2010s197#3,625 (2012)#4,935
2020s56#5,338 (2021)#8,649

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.

Thad in 1977

boys
#728
137 births · 1 in 11,994 boys

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #728Thad137
More about 1977

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 11,994 of them was named Thad, which outranked 89.4% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thad
  1. #723Ronny139
  2. #723Tyron139
  3. #727Brooks138
  4. #728Thad137
  5. #728Chuck137
  6. #728Percy137
  7. #728Tad137
  8. #732Cyrus136
  9. #732Markus136
  10. #732Reid136

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. 5,102Lavar#5,587#485
  2. 4,753Kinte#5,587#834
  3. 969Jedidiah#1,873#904
  4. 811Conor#1,748#937
  5. 704Amin#1,608#904
Fallers
  1. 427Jerimy#963#1,390
  2. 322Demetrios#990#1,312
  3. 246Nakia#790#1,036
  4. 244Baron#977#1,221
  5. 235Hakim#878#1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1977