Thaddeus
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677 · #797 for boys in 2025, 314 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1918 · 328 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 26,057since 1880
Thaddeus over time
Rank among boys' names. Thaddeus has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #797 | 314 | |
| 2024 | — | #852 | 285 | |
| 2023 | — | #893 | 260 | |
| 2022 | — | #808 | 309 | |
| 2021 | — | #817 | 295 | |
| 2020 | — | #783 | 297 | |
| 2019 | — | #743 | 325 | |
| 2018 | — | #703 | 344 | |
| 2017 | — | #660 | 387 | |
| 2016 | — | #638 | 416 | |
| 2015 | — | #703 | 358 | |
| 2014 | — | #730 | 328 | |
| 2013 | — | #796 | 280 | |
| 2012 | — | #898 | 231 | |
| 2011 | — | #906 | 223 | |
| 2010 | — | #994 | 198 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,020 | 191 | |
| 2008 | — | #952 | 211 | |
| 2007 | — | #883 | 228 | |
| 2006 | — | #974 | 191 | |
| 2005 | — | #917 | 192 | |
| 2004 | — | #904 | 189 | |
| 2003 | — | #909 | 183 | |
| 2002 | — | #745 | 233 | |
| 2001 | — | #788 | 214 | |
| 2000 | — | #760 | 218 | |
| 1999 | — | #827 | 184 | |
| 1998 | — | #808 | 188 | |
| 1997 | — | #723 | 215 | |
| 1996 | — | #723 | 216 | |
| 1995 | — | #757 | 203 | |
| 1994 | — | #691 | 228 | |
| 1993 | — | #595 | 298 | |
| 1992 | — | #657 | 250 | |
| 1991 | — | #618 | 274 | |
| 1990 | — | #579 | 305 | |
| 1989 | — | #565 | 294 | |
| 1988 | — | #591 | 248 | |
| 1987 | — | #584 | 240 | |
| 1986 | — | #543 | 270 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #583 | 225 |
| 1984 | — | #652 | 175 | |
| 1983 | — | #564 | 223 | |
| 1982 | — | #584 | 218 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #548 | 239 |
| 1980 | — | #526 | 267 | |
| 1979 | — | #469 | 307 | |
| 1978 | — | #429 | 343 | |
| 1977 | — | #510 | 258 | |
| 1976 | — | #485 | 267 | |
| 1975 | — | #505 | 251 | |
| 1974 | — | #513 | 236 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #437 | 320 |
| 1972 | — | #416 | 364 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #453 | 321 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #544 | 223 |
| 1969 | — | #549 | 204 | |
| 1968 | — | #536 | 203 | |
| 1967 | — | #495 | 229 | |
| 1966 | — | #544 | 199 | |
| 1965 | — | #570 | 180 | |
| 1964 | — | #527 | 220 | |
| 1963 | — | #542 | 213 | |
| 1962 | — | #546 | 212 | |
| 1961 | — | #533 | 222 | |
| 1960 | — | #535 | 219 | |
| 1959 | — | #542 | 208 | |
| 1958 | — | #556 | 193 | |
| 1957 | — | #528 | 215 | |
| 1956 | — | #472 | 256 | |
| 1955 | — | #496 | 221 | |
| 1954 | — | #451 | 256 | |
| 1953 | — | #484 | 211 | |
| 1952 | — | #462 | 233 | |
| 1951 | — | #495 | 188 | |
| 1950 | — | #454 | 211 | |
| 1949 | — | #527 | 160 | |
| 1948 | — | #521 | 162 | |
| 1947 | — | #525 | 167 | |
| 1946 | — | #499 | 167 | |
| 1945 | — | #504 | 140 | |
| 1944 | — | #545 | 124 | |
| 1943 | — | #559 | 128 | |
| 1942 | — | #512 | 142 | |
| 1941 | — | #558 | 116 | |
| 1940 | — | #532 | 121 | |
| 1939 | — | #554 | 107 | |
| 1938 | — | #559 | 108 | |
| 1937 | — | #526 | 121 | |
| 1936 | — | #556 | 106 | |
| 1935 | — | #605 | 92 | |
| 1934 | — | #523 | 125 | |
| 1933 | — | #509 | 122 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #532 | 121 |
| 1931 | — | #484 | 139 | |
| 1930 | — | #449 | 173 | |
| 1929 | — | #461 | 163 | |
| 1928 | — | #464 | 171 | |
| 1927 | — | #425 | 204 | |
| 1926 | — | #384 | 234 | |
| 1925 | — | #390 | 235 | |
| 1924 | — | #359 | 275 | |
| 1923 | — | #347 | 288 | |
| 1922 | — | #365 | 269 | |
| 1921 | — | #357 | 284 | |
| 1920 | — | #337 | 298 | |
| 1919 | — | #348 | 267 | |
| 1918 | — | #307 | 328 | |
| 1917 | — | #332 | 268 | |
| 1916 | — | #322 | 268 | |
| 1915 | — | #331 | 254 | |
| 1914 | — | #379 | 156 | |
| 1913 | — | #423 | 103 | |
| 1912 | — | #434 | 80 | |
| 1911 | — | #461 | 40 | |
| 1910 | — | #524 | 29 | |
| 1909 | — | #462 | 30 | |
| 1908 | — | #613 | 18 | |
| 1907 | — | #699 | 14 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | #492 | 19 | |
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | #536 | 16 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #603 | 17 | |
| 1899 | — | #424 | 19 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #505 | 15 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #503 | 12 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Thaddeus was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Thaddeus is popular in 1975
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#202 · 1 in 1,963
- Louisiana#259 · 1 in 1,437
- Connecticut#299 · 1 in 3,258
- Alabama#312 · 1 in 2,548
- Pennsylvania#336 · 1 in 4,782
Best ever in a state: #112 in New Jersey, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #202 | 10 | 1 in 1,963 |
| Louisiana | #259 | 21 | 1 in 1,437 |
| Connecticut | #299 | 5 | 1 in 3,258 |
| Alabama | #312 | 10 | 1 in 2,548 |
| Pennsylvania | #336 | 15 | 1 in 4,782 |
| Wisconsin | #343 | 6 | 1 in 5,145 |
| South Carolina | #362 | 6 | 1 in 3,301 |
| Michigan | #374 | 14 | 1 in 4,419 |
| Tennessee | #380 | 7 | 1 in 4,300 |
| Indiana | #405 | 7 | 1 in 5,599 |
| Missouri | #412 | 6 | 1 in 5,481 |
| Ohio | #444 | 11 | 1 in 6,962 |
| Florida | #446 | 11 | 1 in 4,360 |
| North Carolina | #448 | 7 | 1 in 5,221 |
| Georgia | #475 | 7 | 1 in 5,203 |
| Illinois | #484 | 14 | 1 in 5,589 |
| New York | #503 | 18 | 1 in 6,256 |
| New Jersey | #511 | 6 | 1 in 6,882 |
| Texas | #845 | 8 | 1 in 13,384 |
| California | #853 | 10 | 1 in 15,208 |
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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 Thaddeus
- 55 spots since 2024 (#852 → #797)
- 14 spots since 2020 (#783 → #797)
- 94 spots since 2015 (#703 → #797)
- Biggest jump: 461 spots in 1899 (#885 → #424)
- Biggest drop: 329 spots in 1898 (#556 → #885)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1918 at #307 (328 births)
- Births halved by 1929, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1896–2008
- Highest: 1 in 3,090 boys born in 1918 were named Thaddeus (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,440 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 11.9% of all boys named Thaddeus (3,090) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 111 | #498 (1885) | #578 |
| 1890s | 93 | #424 (1899) | #693 |
| 1900s | 155 | #462 (1909) | #638 |
| 1910s | 1,793 | #307 (1918) | #386 |
| 1920s | 2,421 | #337 (1920) | #389 |
| 1930s | 1,214 | #449 (1930) | #530 |
| 1940s | 1,427 | #499 (1946) | #528 |
| 1950s | 2,192 | #451 (1954) | #494 |
| 1960s | 2,101 | #495 (1967) | #538 |
| 1970s | 2,890 | #416 (1972) | #476 |
| 1980s | 2,399 | #526 (1980) | #574 |
| 1990s | 2,361 | #579 (1990) | #698 |
| 2000s | 2,050 | #745 (2002) | #885 |
| 2010s | 3,090 | #638 (2016) | #777 |
| 2020s | 1,760 | #783 (2020) | #825 |
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.
Thaddeus in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
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1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 6,221 of them was named Thaddeus, which outranked 92.0% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.