Tadao — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tadao

The Social Security Administration has registered 295 babies named Tadao between 1912 and 1938, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tadao currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tadao performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tadao shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 156 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Tadao in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tadao 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 295 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.