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    The first name Tad

    A boy’s name.

    1 syllable Male

    Meaning and origin

    A diminutive of the male given name Thaddeus or Thaddaeus.

    Tad is a short form of

    .

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Tad at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2025, 11 boys born in the United States were named Tad, the 7,619th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1966, when 265 were.

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    6,929
    babies named Tad since 1880
    #7,619
    rank in 2025
    1966
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Famous people named Tad

    1 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tad Williams
      American fantasy and science fiction writer (born 1957)

    Questions

    Is Tad a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 6,929 US babies named Tad since 1880 were boys.
    When was Tad most popular?
    1966 in the United States, when 265 babies were named Tad, its highest rank at 471st.