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

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Peak · boys
#307
1918 · 328 births
Debut · boys
1880
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
26,057
since 1880

Thaddeus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Thaddeus has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #307, 1918boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#797314
2024—#852285
2023—#893260
2022—#808309
2021—#817295
2020—#783297
2019—#743325
2018—#703344
2017—#660387
2016—#638416
2015—#703358
2014—#730328
2013—#796280
2012—#898231
2011—#906223
2010—#994198
2009—#1,020191
2008—#952211
2007—#883228
2006—#974191
2005—#917192
2004—#904189
2003—#909183
2002—#745233
2001—#788214
2000—#760218
1999—#827184
1998—#808188
1997—#723215
1996—#723216
1995—#757203
1994—#691228
1993—#595298
1992—#657250
1991—#618274
1990—#579305
1989—#565294
1988—#591248
1987—#584240
1986—#543270
1985#10,6775#583225
1984—#652175
1983—#564223
1982—#584218
1981#10,4115#548239
1980—#526267
1979—#469307
1978—#429343
1977—#510258
1976—#485267
1975—#505251
1974—#513236
1973#7,4356#437320
1972—#416364
1971#8,3245#453321
1970#7,9955#544223
1969—#549204
1968—#536203
1967—#495229
1966—#544199
1965—#570180
1964—#527220
1963—#542213
1962—#546212
1961—#533222
1960—#535219
1959—#542208
1958—#556193
1957—#528215
1956—#472256
1955—#496221
1954—#451256
1953—#484211
1952—#462233
1951—#495188
1950—#454211
1949—#527160
1948—#521162
1947—#525167
1946—#499167
1945—#504140
1944—#545124
1943—#559128
1942—#512142
1941—#558116
1940—#532121
1939—#554107
1938—#559108
1937—#526121
1936—#556106
1935—#60592
1934—#523125
1933—#509122
1932#3,9016#532121
1931—#484139
1930—#449173
1929—#461163
1928—#464171
1927—#425204
1926—#384234
1925—#390235
1924—#359275
1923—#347288
1922—#365269
1921—#357284
1920—#337298
1919—#348267
1918—#307328
1917—#332268
1916—#322268
1915—#331254
1914—#379156
1913—#423103
1912—#43480
1911—#46140
1910—#52429
1909—#46230
1908—#61318
1907—#69914
1906—#8529
1905—#78610
1904—#49219
1903—#69611
1902—#53616
1901—#63711
1900—#60317
1899—#42419
1898—#8857
1897—#55614
1896—#7789
1895——
1894—#66810
1893—#8367
1892—#64111
1891—#6359
1890—#8147
1889—#62810
1888—#50515
1887—#6319
1886—#6948
1885—#49814
1884—#54712
1883—#55611
1882—#6918
1881—#50312
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1918 at #307 (328 births)
  • Births halved by 1929, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 144 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1896–2008
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,090
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 11.9% of all boys named Thaddeus (3,090) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s111#498 (1885)#578
1890s93#424 (1899)#693
1900s155#462 (1909)#638
1910s1,793#307 (1918)#386
1920s2,421#337 (1920)#389
1930s1,214#449 (1930)#530
1940s1,427#499 (1946)#528
1950s2,192#451 (1954)#494
1960s2,101#495 (1967)#538
1970s2,890#416 (1972)#476
1980s2,399#526 (1980)#574
1990s2,361#579 (1990)#698
2000s2,050#745 (2002)#885
2010s3,090#638 (2016)#777
2020s1,760#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 1971

girls
#8,324
5 births · 1 in 332,765 girls
boys
#453
321 births · 1 in 5,509 boys

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #8,324Thaddeus5

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #453Thaddeus321
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 332,765 of them was named Thaddeus, which outranked 13.7% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thaddeus
  1. #7,388Zetta6
  2. #7,388Zonda6
  3. #7,388Zoraya6
  4. #8,324Thaddeus5
  5. #8,324Aarti5
  6. #8,324Abagail5
  7. #8,324Abraham5

Tied with 1,321 names at #8,324; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,115Yesenia#2,522 → #407
  2. ↑ 1,431Shayla#2,267 → #836
  3. ↑ 853Ebony#1,681 → #828
  4. ↑ 749Consuela#1,706 → #957
  5. ↑ 510Candida#1,196 → #686
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Sebrina#916 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 382Janene#684 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 375Treena#989 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 356Tisa#910 → #1,266
  5. ↓ 351Shaun#929 → #1,280

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

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 5,509 of them was named Thaddeus, which outranked 92.0% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thaddeus
  1. #449Josh325
  2. #451Clark324
  3. #452Jeremiah322
  4. #453Thaddeus321
  5. #454Archie320
  6. #454Jerald320
  7. #456Erin319
Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 754Germaine#1,582 → #828
  2. ↑ 626Jeramie#1,546 → #920
  3. ↑ 512Jeremey#1,396 → #884
  4. ↑ 473Jarod#1,337 → #864
  5. ↑ 454Jamel#1,374 → #920
Fallers
  1. ↓ 328Adolph#926 → #1,254
  2. ↓ 272Dwane#1,000 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 266Bronson#861 → #1,127
  4. ↓ 244Mitch#921 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 242Enrico#839 → #1,081

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

See the top 100 for 1971 →