Tad is an uncommon variant of Tate that peaked in 1966 and has since faded.
Tad is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #7,619 for boy births in the United States (and #15,962 across all names), given to 11 babies. Tad first appears in 1912 and peaked in 1966 (265 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | #7,619 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | #7,698 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | #6,467 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | #7,701 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | #6,631 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 | #7,985 |
| 2019 | 17 | 17 | #5,530 |
| 2018 | 17 | 17 | #5,513 |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 | #7,481 |
| 2016 | 18 | 18 | #5,290 |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 | #5,956 |
| 2014 | 20 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 | #4,955 |
| 2012 | 21 | 21 | #4,660 |
| 2011 | 23 | 23 | #4,337 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | #8,706 |
| 2009 | 25 | 25 | #4,147 |
| 2008 | 22 | 22 | #4,519 |
| 2007 | 31 | 31 | #3,500 |
| 2006 | 36 | 36 | #3,077 |
| 2005 | 37 | 37 | #2,893 |
| 2004 | 35 | 35 | #2,947 |
| 2003 | 31 | 31 | #3,105 |
| 2002 | 38 | 38 | #2,596 |
| 2001 | 32 | 32 | #2,920 |
| 2000 | 31 | 31 | #2,912 |
| 1999 | 29 | 29 | #2,930 |
| 1998 | 29 | 29 | #2,842 |
| 1997 | 47 | — | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 58 | — | #1,668 |
| 1995 | 66 | — | #1,474 |
| 1994 | 75 | — | #1,351 |
| 1993 | 88 | — | #1,204 |
| 1992 | 79 | — | #1,279 |
| 1991 | 110 | — | #1,037 |
| 1990 | 92 | — | #1,128 |
| 1989 | 108 | — | #983 |
| 1988 | 108 | — | #923 |
| 1987 | 103 | — | #933 |
| 1986 | 133 | — | #788 |
| 1985 | 128 | — | #787 |
| 1984 | 130 | — | #762 |
| 1983 | 76 | — | #1,021 |
| 1982 | 65 | — | #1,138 |
| 1981 | 84 | — | #992 |
| 1980 | 100 | — | #899 |
| 1979 | 104 | — | #853 |
| 1978 | 116 | — | #789 |
| 1977 | 137 | — | #730 |
| 1976 | 146 | — | #687 |
| 1975 | 169 | — | #621 |
| 1974 | 171 | — | #616 |
| 1973 | 158 | — | #633 |
| 1972 | 160 | — | #622 |
| 1971 | 184 | — | #617 |
| 1970 | 197 | — | #576 |
| 1969 | 169 | — | #604 |
| 1968 | 205 | — | #534 |
| 1967 | 220 | — | #507 |
| 1966 | 265 | — | #471 |
| 1965 | 223 | — | #510 |
| 1964 | 187 | — | #579 |
| 1963 | 169 | — | #604 |
| 1962 | 157 | — | #616 |
| 1961 | 122 | — | #693 |
| 1960 | 145 | — | #648 |
| 1959 | 133 | — | #664 |
| 1958 | 137 | — | #659 |
| 1957 | 149 | — | #632 |
| 1956 | 125 | — | #675 |
| 1955 | 89 | — | #778 |
| 1954 | 49 | — | #1,076 |
| 1953 | 43 | — | #1,136 |
| 1952 | 25 | — | #1,546 |
| 1951 | 27 | — | #1,452 |
| 1950 | 25 | — | #1,497 |
| 1949 | 16 | — | #1,934 |
| 1948 | 26 | — | #1,455 |
| 1947 | 26 | — | #1,476 |
| 1946 | 18 | — | #1,750 |
| 1945 | 16 | — | #1,764 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | #1,726 |
| 1943 | 27 | — | #1,364 |
| 1942 | 22 | — | #1,530 |
| 1941 | 13 | — | #2,077 |
| 1940 | 20 | — | #1,567 |
| 1939 | 20 | — | #1,529 |
| 1938 | 11 | — | #2,311 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | #3,964 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | #2,604 |
| 1935 | 13 | — | #2,118 |
| 1934 | 12 | — | #2,247 |
| 1933 | 21 | — | #1,538 |
| 1932 | 19 | — | #1,705 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #3,714 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | #3,557 |
| 1929 | 19 | — | #1,786 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | #2,824 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | #3,741 |
| 1926 | 12 | — | #2,551 |
| 1925 | 12 | — | #2,572 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #4,877 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,188 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | #3,220 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | #2,966 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #4,229 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #4,732 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #4,730 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,508 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | #2,292 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,209 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #2,864 |