Chadwick — #4314 US boys' name
13,250 babies named Chadwick in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 70% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Chadwick was born in this single decade.
707 babies were named Chadwick in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chadwick
The Social Security Administration has registered 13,250 babies named Chadwick between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chadwick currently holds the #4314 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 707 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chadwick performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 5,711 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Chadwick shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 1,091 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Chadwick in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chadwick 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 13,250 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.
Chadwick at a glance
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Current rank
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Chadwick popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1975)
- 707
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #4314 among boys.
13,250 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 707 births in a single year.
Chadwick popularity over time — girls
22 total births recorded since 1972 (Chadwick as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Chadwick accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Chadwick by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 5,711 births that decade — 43% of Chadwick's all-time total
Chadwick decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,711 births
- Runner-up 3,438 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Chadwick's strongest decade
5,711 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Chadwick by state
Where Chadwick concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 1,091 | 8.2% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 809 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 744 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 723 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 558 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 550 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 541 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 494 | 3.7% |
1,091 of 13,250 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 8.2% of nationwide
- North Carolina 6.1% of nationwide
- Texas 5.6% of nationwide
- Tennessee 5.5% of nationwide
- Alabama 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 41 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 8.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Chadwick appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.