Thaddus — boys' name
86 babies named Thaddus in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Thaddus was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Thaddus in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thaddus
The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Thaddus between 1918 and 1979, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thaddus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thaddus performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Thaddus shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thaddus 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 86 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.
Thaddus at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thaddus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1918
- Peak year (1962)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
86 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 8 births in a single year.
Thaddus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 25 births that decade — 29% of Thaddus's all-time total
Thaddus decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Thaddus's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1918–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.