Boys' name · since 1918
Thaddues
Thaddues has 55 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1953 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,588 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 55
- born since 1918
- 1960s
- peak decade
55 boys have been named Thaddues since 1918, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Thaddues has 55 recorded births among boys since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1989.
- #21,588 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 55 born since 1918
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thaddues ranks #21,588 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1918, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21,588 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 55
- born since 1918
- 1960s
- peak decade
Thaddues's 55 recorded births place it above 52.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thaddues's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Thaddues's SSA record in two at 1963 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1925, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1953 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Thaddues popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1989
- Peak year (1953)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Thaddues by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (17 births, 31% of the file).
1960s was Thaddues's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Thaddues births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
17 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 17 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Thaddues's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 1980s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Thaddues: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~71 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, 1918–1989 (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 Thaddues 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.