Chad — #1808 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Chad

The Social Security Administration has registered 240,640 babies named Chad between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chad currently holds the #1808 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 13,391 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chad performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 113,538 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Chad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17,018 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Chad in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chad in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 240,640 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.