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
- Peak · boys
- 1967 · 365 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,219since 1880
Thad over time
Rank among boys' names. Thad 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 | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,338 | 17 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,340 | 17 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,111 | 18 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,891 | 26 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,804 | 19 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,625 | 29 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,659 | 20 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,099 | 24 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,278 | 23 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,267 | 23 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,640 | 20 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,024 | 36 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,319 | 30 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,534 | 26 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,528 | 25 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,322 | 18 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,864 | 32 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,476 | 38 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,939 | 28 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,851 | 28 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,260 | 37 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,254 | 36 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,346 | 33 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,969 | 41 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,750 | 48 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,143 | 34 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,452 | 60 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,641 | 48 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,525 | 48 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,337 | 55 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,217 | 62 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,190 | 62 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,054 | 72 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,095 | 66 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,088 | 70 | |
| 1981 | — | #947 | 90 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,010 | 80 | |
| 1979 | — | #821 | 112 | |
| 1978 | — | #754 | 126 | |
| 1977 | — | #728 | 137 | |
| 1976 | — | #726 | 133 | |
| 1975 | — | #659 | 156 | |
| 1974 | — | #602 | 177 | |
| 1973 | — | #560 | 201 | |
| 1972 | — | #529 | 224 | |
| 1971 | — | #499 | 265 | |
| 1970 | — | #500 | 260 | |
| 1969 | — | #439 | 323 | |
| 1968 | — | #430 | 319 | |
| 1967 | — | #401 | 365 | |
| 1966 | — | #516 | 215 | |
| 1965 | — | #642 | 136 | |
| 1964 | — | #673 | 131 | |
| 1963 | — | #698 | 123 | |
| 1962 | — | #702 | 120 | |
| 1961 | — | #720 | 113 | |
| 1960 | — | #718 | 118 | |
| 1959 | — | #782 | 96 | |
| 1958 | — | #828 | 82 | |
| 1957 | — | #775 | 94 | |
| 1956 | — | #720 | 103 | |
| 1955 | — | #792 | 85 | |
| 1954 | — | #918 | 65 | |
| 1953 | — | #908 | 62 | |
| 1952 | — | #907 | 61 | |
| 1951 | — | #949 | 54 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,052 | 45 | |
| 1949 | — | #958 | 52 | |
| 1948 | — | #972 | 51 | |
| 1947 | — | #870 | 64 | |
| 1946 | — | #897 | 54 | |
| 1945 | — | #899 | 50 | |
| 1944 | — | #918 | 48 | |
| 1943 | — | #869 | 59 | |
| 1942 | — | #851 | 59 | |
| 1941 | — | #850 | 55 | |
| 1940 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,070 | 36 | |
| 1938 | — | #939 | 45 | |
| 1937 | — | #817 | 56 | |
| 1936 | — | #853 | 51 | |
| 1935 | — | #940 | 45 | |
| 1934 | — | #931 | 46 | |
| 1933 | — | #895 | 48 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,056 | 40 |
| 1931 | — | #959 | 47 | |
| 1930 | — | #928 | 52 | |
| 1929 | — | #914 | 54 | |
| 1928 | — | #938 | 52 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,060 | 44 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,174 | 37 | |
| 1925 | — | #998 | 47 | |
| 1924 | — | #886 | 61 | |
| 1923 | — | #924 | 55 | |
| 1922 | — | #958 | 53 | |
| 1921 | — | #913 | 59 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,004 | 47 | |
| 1919 | — | #989 | 47 | |
| 1918 | — | #933 | 51 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,132 | 35 | |
| 1916 | — | #922 | 47 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,068 | 36 | |
| 1914 | — | #836 | 41 | |
| 1913 | — | #914 | 29 | |
| 1912 | — | #935 | 23 | |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | — | #686 | 12 | |
| 1903 | — | #470 | 20 | |
| 1902 | — | #536 | 16 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #680 | 14 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #580 | 12 | |
| 1887 | — | #438 | 15 | |
| 1886 | — | #451 | 16 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
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.
See more about Thad
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1967 at #401 (365 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1951–1979
- 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%)
- 23.9% of all boys named Thad (1,963) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 102 | #438 (1887) | #628 |
| 1890s | 90 | #480 (1894) | #789 |
| 1900s | 126 | #470 (1903) | #728 |
| 1910s | 329 | #836 (1914) | #990 |
| 1920s | 509 | #886 (1924) | #977 |
| 1930s | 466 | #817 (1937) | #939 |
| 1940s | 543 | #850 (1941) | #897 |
| 1950s | 747 | #720 (1956) | #863 |
| 1960s | 1,963 | #401 (1967) | #594 |
| 1970s | 1,791 | #499 (1971) | #638 |
| 1980s | 653 | #947 (1981) | #1,210 |
| 1990s | 376 | #1,452 (1990) | #2,241 |
| 2000s | 271 | #2,476 (2000) | #3,625 |
| 2010s | 197 | #3,625 (2012) | #4,935 |
| 2020s | 56 | #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 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 213,430 of them was named Thad, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 687 names at #4,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 26,104 of them was named Thad, which outranked 75.4% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,035Verlon41
- #1,035Vernal41
- #1,035Verner41
- #1,056Thad40
- #1,056Angus40
- #1,056Antone40
- #1,056Arlan40
- #1,077Clive39
- #1,077Dante39
- #1,077Denton39
Tied with 20 names at #1,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.