# Thaddeus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/thaddeus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Tad, Thad |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 26,089 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 26,057 / 32 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 185, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 6 | 4,366 |
| 1970 | 5 | 9,230 |
| 1971 | 5 | 9,518 |
| 1973 | 6 | 8,341 |
| 1981 | 5 | 12,049 |
| 1985 | 5 | 12,350 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 223 | 909 |
| 2012 | 231 | 900 |
| 2013 | 280 | 796 |
| 2014 | 328 | 731 |
| 2015 | 358 | 705 |
| 2016 | 416 | 640 |
| 2017 | 387 | 661 |
| 2018 | 344 | 709 |
| 2019 | 325 | 743 |
| 2020 | 297 | 786 |
| 2021 | 295 | 817 |
| 2022 | 309 | 810 |
| 2023 | 260 | 896 |
| 2024 | 285 | 853 |
| 2025 | 314 | 798 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Thaddeus

- Thaddeus Stevens, American statesman (1792–1868)
- Thaddeus Young, American basketball player (born 1988)
- Thaddeus of Edessa, Christian saint and one of the seventy disciples of Jesus
- Thaddeus McCotter, American politician (born 1965)
- Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler
- Thaddeus Cahill, American inventor (1867–1934)
- Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, American chemist and inventor (1832–1913)
- Thaddeus H. Caraway, American politician (1871-1931)
- William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr., American attorney and judge, and fourth United States Secretary of Transportation (1920–20
- Thaddeus Betts, American politician 1789-1840
- Mattie Stepanek, American writer (1990–2004)
- Thad McFadden, Georgian basketball player (born 1987)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.