Tad — #7258 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Tad

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,918 babies named Tad between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tad currently holds the #7258 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 265 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tad performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,862 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Tad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 591 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Tad in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tad 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 6,918 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.