Thaddeus
Thaddeus is ranked 850th among boys in 2024 (284 births). Its best rank was 307th, in 1918.
- Rank in 2024
- #850up 48 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2840.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2016416 births
- Best rank
- #307in 1918
- Since 1880
- 25,739people given the name
The story in the numbers
25,739 boys have been named Thaddeus in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 416 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 731 → 850).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 2010s alone account for 12%. It has spent 143 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Thaddeus | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 111 | |
| 1890s | 93 | |
| 1900s | 155 | |
| 1910s | 1,793 | |
| 1920s | 2,421 | |
| 1930s | 1,214 | |
| 1940s | 1,427 | |
| 1950s | 2,192 | |
| 1960s | 2,101 | |
| 1970s | 2,889 | |
| 1980s | 2,399 | |
| 1990s | 2,361 | |
| 2000s | 2,050 | |
| 2010s | 3,090 | |
| 2020s | 1,443 |
In 2016, its biggest year
Thaddeus was the 640th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Thaddeus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Caesarpeak 2015
- Vincentpeak 1962
- Angelopeak 2007
- Victorpeak 1990
- Carlopeak 2024
- Ruebenpeak 1921
- Manuelpeak 2005
- Lionelpeak 2023
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.