How rare is the name Tad?

5,844 people in the United States have the first name Tad, about 1 in 51,682. It ranks #3,538 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TAD

#3,538

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,844
About
1 in 51,682
This common or more
82.6%
Who bears it

Of the 5,844 people named Tad, 87.9% reported their origin as White, 3.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.6% as two or more races. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tad peaked in 1966, when 265 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
1966
Births that year
265
In 2025*
11 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,929 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Tad by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,291. The largest share of babies named Tad, 39.3%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#6,65237
1920s#5,48196
1930s#4,164123
1940s#3,374201
1950s#1,884802
1960s#1,2911,862
1970s#1,5171,542
1980s#2,1391,035
1990s#3,497673
2000s#7,309318
2010s#11,877170
2020s#14,67570
Greatest Generation 1901–271.5%
Silent Generation 1928–453.9%
Baby boom 1946–6424.1%
Generation X 1965–8039.3%
Millennials 1981–9621.7%
Generation Z 1997–126.9%
2013 and later2.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Tad is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tad has been most common in Utah (4.1×), Washington (3.3×), and Iowa (2.8×), and least common in Florida (0.3×).

3,459 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Tad

#3,536 Renate · 5,847#3,537 Florentino · 5,846#3,539 Ligia · 5,840#3,540 Terese · 5,838

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tad, most common first.

#10,280 Tadd · 1,305#17,795 Tat · 613#45,674 Tade · 148

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