Chadd — boys' name

What the Data Says About Chadd

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,456 babies named Chadd between 1957 and 2017, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chadd currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 105 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chadd performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 852 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Chadd shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 191 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Chadd in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chadd 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 2,456 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.