Thaddaeus
Thaddaeus is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 16 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 160.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200529 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1924
- 1,035people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,035 boys have been named Thaddaeus in the United States since 1924, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2005, with 29 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 2000s alone account for 22%.
By decade
In 2005, its biggest year
Thaddaeus was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2005 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2005.
Names that rose and fell with Thaddaeus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kendricpeak 2013
- Romelpeak 1991
- Kamalpeak 2009
- Ioannispeak 2018
- Jansonpeak 2016
- Johndavidpeak 2007
- Romellpeak 2014
- Georgiospeak 1981
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.