Chadwick
Chadwick was given to 25 boys in 2025, #4,152 among boys’ names; 13,298 Americans have been recorded with it since 1914 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 12,000 Americans named Chadwick and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 47 years old and half are between 37 and 52.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Chadwick by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Chadwick mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Chadwick is “a male given name.” Its etymology gives the sense “Chad” (Ċeadda).
Derived from Old English Ċeadda (“Chad”) + Old Norse vík.
/ˈt͡ʃædwɪk/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Chadwick?
#4,152 among boys’ names, 2025
Chadwick fell from #2,974 in 2015 to #4,152 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 20.3 to 14.6 per million.
714 babies in 1975, the peak
Chadwick peaked in 1975, when 714 babies were given it (707 boys, #272 among boys’ names). The 25 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,152 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,217 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,428 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 51 | #2,621 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,982 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,586 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,826 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,002 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,786 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,165 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (108)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 39 | #2,974 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,384 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,345 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,237 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,248 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,317 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 47 | #2,626 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 44 | #2,754 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,647 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,410 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,129 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 75 | #1,700 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 77 | #1,628 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 78 | #1,570 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 82 | #1,479 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 79 | #1,513 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 101 | #1,233 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 97 | #1,247 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,027 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 127 | #983 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 157 | #861 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 142 | #916 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 175 | #798 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 213 | #702 | 0.11 |
| 1991 | 244 | #648 | 0.12 |
| 1990 | 282 | #592 | 0.14 |
| 1989 | 328 | #528 | 0.16 |
| 1988 | 336 | #497 | 0.18 |
| 1987 | 383 | #454 | 0.21 |
| 1986 | 303 | #503 | 0.16 |
| 1985 | 282 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1984 | 309 | #477 | 0.17 |
| 1983 | 309 | #481 | 0.17 |
| 1982 | 371 | #435 | 0.20 |
| 1981 | 392 | #420 | 0.22 |
| 1980 | 425 | #395 | 0.24 |
| 1979 | 551 | #331 | 0.32 |
| 1978 | 517 | #340 | 0.31 |
| 1977 | 586 | #318 | 0.36 |
| 1976 | 619 | #297 | 0.39 |
| 1975 | 707 | #272 | 0.45 |
| 1974 | 609 | #303 | 0.39 |
| 1973 | 565 | #311 | 0.36 |
| 1972 | 619 | #301 | 0.38 |
| 1971 | 566 | #329 | 0.32 |
| 1970 | 370 | #425 | 0.20 |
| 1969 | 250 | #485 | 0.14 |
| 1968 | 182 | #561 | 0.10 |
| 1967 | 143 | #628 | 0.08 |
| 1966 | 98 | #748 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 61 | #942 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,288 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,321 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 20 | #1,811 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,076 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,556 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,553 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,109 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,199 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,025 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 25 | #1,544 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,126 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,941 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,266 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,268 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,890 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,242 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 19 | #1,712 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,860 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 21 | #1,563 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,783 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,666 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,088 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,271 | under 0.01 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,512 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,872 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,680 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,349 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,318 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,577 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,430 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,897 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,330 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,625 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,061 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,428 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,947 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,965 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,060 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,470 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,398 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,478 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,911 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,149 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,769 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,004 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,661 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,971 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Chadwick a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Chadwick has been given almost only to boys: 22 girls in 108 years of records.
Girls and boys named Chadwick: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Chadwick, and how old are they?
12,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 13,298 Americans ever recorded as Chadwick. The median Chadwick alive today is 47 years old; half are between 37 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 9,353 people named Chadwick (18 women and girls, 9,335 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 12,104 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 24 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 223 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,170 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,130 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,040 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 411 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Chadwick born?
The states with the most babies named Chadwick are Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1,091 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| North Carolina | 809 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Texas | 749 | #2,645 | 0.7× |
| Tennessee | 723 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Alabama | 558 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Florida | 550 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 541 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 494 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| California | 468 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Louisiana | 465 | not ranked | 1.7× |
Where Chadwick is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Chadwick is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1914 it was given 3.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Chadwick with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 13,316 babies since 1880, Chadwick is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 25 of their 25 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Chadwick
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Chadwick and names like it
- Compare Chadwick and ShadwickBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sChadwick peaked in 1975.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Chadwick since 1910.
- The top names of 1975The year the most babies were named Chadwick.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Chadwick alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with CMost given first.