Boys' name · since 1962
Thadd
Thadd has 145 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,996 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 145
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
145 boys have been named Thadd since 1962, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Thadd has 145 recorded births among boys since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2004.
- #14,996 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 145 born since 1962
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thadd ranks #14,996 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1962, peaking in the 1970s.
- #14,996 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 145
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
Thadd's 145 recorded births place it above 67.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thadd's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Thadd's full recorded timeline at 1973, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Thadd popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2004
- Peak year (1971)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Thadd by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (71 births, 49% of the file).
1970s was Thadd's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Thadd births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
54 births
- 1970s
1970s
71 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 71 births (49% of all-time use).
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What to do with Thadd's data
- Thadd's decade-level peak was the 1970s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Thadd: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1962–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Thadd draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.