Thadis — boys' name
31 babies named Thadis in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Thadis was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Thadis in 1934 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thadis
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Thadis between 1920 and 1960, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thadis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thadis performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Thadis shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thadis 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 31 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.
Thadis at a glance
Last recorded 1960Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thadis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1920
- Peak year (1934)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1960.
31 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1934 with 6 births in a single year.
Thadis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 11 births that decade — 35% of Thadis's all-time total
Thadis decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Thadis's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% 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, 1920–1960 (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.