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.
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 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 177,858 of them was named Thaddeus, which outranked 23.5% 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).
- #3,568Zellie7
- #3,568Zelphia7
- #3,568Zeola7
- #3,901Thaddeus6
- #3,901Adalene6
- #3,901Adamae6
- #3,901Addis6
- #4,411Abbey5
- #4,411Adda5
- #4,411Adelita5
Tied with 509 names at #3,901; 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 8,629 of them was named Thaddeus, which outranked 87.6% 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).