Thad
Thad is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Thaddeus. It may refer to:Thad Allen, United States Coast Guard admiral Thad Altman, American politician Thad Balkman, American politician, lawyer, and judge Thaddeus Thad Bingel, American educator and political consultant Thaddis Thad Bosley, American baseball player Thaddeus Thad F.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Thad
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Thad is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Thaddeus. It may refer to:Thad Allen, United States Coast Guard admiral Thad Altman, American politician Thad Balkman, American politician, lawyer, and judge Thaddeus Thad Bingel, American educator and political consultant Thaddis Thad Bosley, American baseball player Thaddeus Thad F.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Thad
Thad first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1967: 365 births, good for #401 nationwide. About 24% of every Thad on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Thad last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 8K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Thad
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Thad. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Thad
Phonetically similar names — useful when Thad is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- That
- Thud
- Thawed
- Thod
- Thode
- Theyd
- Theed
- Thiede
- Thighed
- Thewed
- Thought
- Third
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Thad
Thad is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Thad's peak popularity came in 1967 when it ranked #401. Use the chart and map above to compare Thad's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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