Chad was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #25 in 1972 but is far less common today.
Chad is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,701 for boy births in the United States (and #3,634 across all names), given to 96 babies. Chad was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 1972 (13,392 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,701 |
| 2024 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,810 |
| 2023 | 108 | 108 | — | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,404 |
| 2021 | 158 | 158 | — | #1,218 |
| 2020 | 150 | 150 | — | #1,241 |
| 2019 | 175 | 175 | — | #1,118 |
| 2018 | 241 | 241 | — | #899 |
| 2017 | 220 | 220 | — | #948 |
| 2016 | 291 | 291 | — | #799 |
| 2015 | 314 | 314 | — | #760 |
| 2014 | 346 | 346 | — | #705 |
| 2013 | 358 | 358 | — | #674 |
| 2012 | 434 | 434 | — | #589 |
| 2011 | 439 | 439 | — | #570 |
| 2010 | 463 | 463 | — | #545 |
| 2009 | 529 | 529 | — | #509 |
| 2008 | 613 | 613 | — | #452 |
| 2007 | 659 | 659 | — | #431 |
| 2006 | 799 | 799 | — | #373 |
| 2005 | 767 | 767 | — | #377 |
| 2004 | 834 | 834 | #14,522 | #343 |
| 2003 | 861 | 861 | — | #334 |
| 2002 | 928 | 928 | — | #309 |
| 2001 | 1,079 | 1,079 | — | #283 |
| 2000 | 1,453 | 1,453 | — | #236 |
| 1999 | 1,585 | 1,585 | — | #215 |
| 1998 | 1,808 | 1,808 | — | #186 |
| 1997 | 1,952 | — | — | #174 |
| 1996 | 2,173 | — | #13,897 | #161 |
| 1995 | 2,439 | — | #13,804 | #144 |
| 1994 | 2,737 | — | #10,774 | #130 |
| 1993 | 3,143 | — | — | #114 |
| 1992 | 3,364 | — | #9,630 | #108 |
| 1991 | 3,593 | — | #9,477 | #104 |
| 1990 | 4,357 | — | #11,648 | #85 |
| 1989 | 4,734 | — | #7,040 | #74 |
| 1988 | 5,327 | — | #3,405 | #65 |
| 1987 | 5,661 | — | #2,581 | #63 |
| 1986 | 6,059 | — | #2,857 | #59 |
| 1985 | 6,516 | — | #2,107 | #57 |
| 1984 | 7,099 | — | #2,520 | #51 |
| 1983 | 7,437 | — | #2,101 | #49 |
| 1982 | 7,960 | — | #2,030 | #48 |
| 1981 | 8,461 | — | #2,089 | #47 |
| 1980 | 10,177 | — | #2,659 | #39 |
| 1979 | 10,217 | — | #1,878 | #38 |
| 1978 | 10,171 | — | #1,655 | #35 |
| 1977 | 10,887 | — | #1,803 | #34 |
| 1976 | 11,835 | — | #1,499 | #29 |
| 1975 | 12,901 | — | #1,574 | #27 |
| 1974 | 12,852 | — | #1,521 | #26 |
| 1973 | 12,953 | — | #1,445 | #25 |
| 1972 | 13,441 | — | #1,773 | #25 |
| 1971 | 12,188 | — | #1,756 | #29 |
| 1970 | 6,653 | — | #2,787 | #51 |
| 1969 | 4,078 | — | #3,219 | #69 |
| 1968 | 2,930 | — | #3,817 | #104 |
| 1967 | 2,957 | — | #4,078 | #105 |
| 1966 | 2,209 | — | #4,924 | #135 |
| 1965 | 1,172 | — | — | #209 |
| 1964 | 875 | — | — | #259 |
| 1963 | 648 | — | — | #309 |
| 1962 | 464 | — | — | #374 |
| 1961 | 364 | — | — | #416 |
| 1960 | 255 | — | — | #494 |
| 1959 | 247 | — | — | #499 |
| 1958 | 249 | — | — | #493 |
| 1957 | 252 | — | — | #491 |
| 1956 | 221 | — | — | #510 |
| 1955 | 235 | — | — | #477 |
| 1954 | 202 | — | — | #513 |
| 1953 | 152 | — | — | #584 |
| 1952 | 118 | — | — | #644 |
| 1951 | 95 | — | — | #712 |
| 1950 | 66 | — | — | #838 |
| 1949 | 56 | — | — | #925 |
| 1948 | 55 | — | — | #934 |
| 1947 | 78 | — | — | #779 |
| 1946 | 57 | — | — | #869 |
| 1945 | 40 | — | — | #1,007 |
| 1944 | 36 | — | — | #1,110 |
| 1943 | 39 | — | — | #1,089 |
| 1942 | 41 | — | — | #1,058 |
| 1941 | 26 | — | — | #1,302 |
| 1940 | 23 | — | — | #1,408 |
| 1939 | 21 | — | — | #1,459 |
| 1938 | 18 | — | — | #1,621 |
| 1937 | 15 | — | — | #1,834 |
| 1936 | 18 | — | — | #1,596 |
| 1935 | 22 | — | — | #1,457 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | — | #1,872 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | — | #2,396 |
| 1932 | 17 | — | — | #1,785 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | — | #2,117 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | — | #3,063 |
| 1929 | 11 | — | — | #2,469 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | — | #3,119 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | — | #2,730 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | — | #3,443 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | — | #2,782 |
| 1924 | 14 | — | — | #2,250 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | — | #2,796 |
| 1922 | 15 | — | — | #2,157 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | — | #3,257 |
| 1920 | 10 | — | — | #2,802 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | — | #2,704 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | — | #2,574 |
| 1917 | 13 | — | — | #2,199 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | — | #3,916 |
| 1914 | 11 | — | — | #1,995 |