Tad
Tad is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 471st, in 1966.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1966265 births
- Best rank
- #471in 1966
- Since 1912
- 6,918people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,918 boys have been named Tad in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1966, with 265 births.
The name has all but left use: 11 births in 2024, against 265 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 1960s alone account for 27%. It has spent 33 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Tad | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 37 | |
| 1920s | 96 | |
| 1930s | 123 | |
| 1940s | 201 | |
| 1950s | 802 | |
| 1960s | 1,862 | |
| 1970s | 1,542 | |
| 1980s | 1,035 | |
| 1990s | 673 | |
| 2000s | 318 | |
| 2010s | 170 | |
| 2020s | 59 |
In 1966, its biggest year
Tad was the 471st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1966 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1966.
Names that rose and fell with Tad
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jeffereypeak 1969
- Robbypeak 1964
- Kraigpeak 1968
- Timmothypeak 1960
- Aundrapeak 1967
- Bryonpeak 1970
- Brienpeak 1963
- Reginalpeak 1970
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.