Gaddis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gaddis

The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Gaddis between 1916 and 1948, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gaddis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaddis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gaddis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gaddis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaddis 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 39 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.