Thad is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1967 and has since faded.
Thad is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #9,610 for boy births in the United States (and #19,858 across all names), given to 8 babies. Thad was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1967 (365 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,610 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | — | #14,036 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,847 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,911 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,535 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,470 |
| 2019 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,536 |
| 2018 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,303 |
| 2017 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,279 |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,100 |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,266 |
| 2014 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,996 |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,956 |
| 2012 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,701 |
| 2011 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,805 |
| 2010 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,417 |
| 2008 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,376 |
| 2007 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,783 |
| 2006 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,079 |
| 2005 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,381 |
| 2004 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,622 |
| 2003 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,618 |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,476 |
| 2001 | 32 | 32 | — | #2,921 |
| 2000 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,522 |
| 1999 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,023 |
| 1998 | 28 | 28 | — | #2,919 |
| 1997 | 37 | — | — | #2,305 |
| 1996 | 36 | — | — | #2,293 |
| 1995 | 33 | — | — | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 31 | — | — | #2,494 |
| 1993 | 41 | — | — | #2,000 |
| 1992 | 48 | — | — | #1,774 |
| 1991 | 34 | — | — | #2,187 |
| 1990 | 60 | — | — | #1,462 |
| 1989 | 48 | — | — | #1,655 |
| 1988 | 48 | — | — | #1,550 |
| 1987 | 55 | — | — | #1,362 |
| 1986 | 62 | — | — | #1,226 |
| 1985 | 62 | — | — | #1,212 |
| 1984 | 72 | — | — | #1,059 |
| 1983 | 66 | — | — | #1,104 |
| 1982 | 70 | — | — | #1,093 |
| 1981 | 90 | — | — | #953 |
| 1980 | 80 | — | — | #1,017 |
| 1979 | 112 | — | — | #825 |
| 1978 | 126 | — | — | #755 |
| 1977 | 137 | — | — | #731 |
| 1976 | 133 | — | — | #728 |
| 1975 | 156 | — | — | #663 |
| 1974 | 177 | — | — | #602 |
| 1973 | 201 | — | — | #561 |
| 1972 | 224 | — | — | #532 |
| 1971 | 265 | — | — | #499 |
| 1970 | 260 | — | — | #500 |
| 1969 | 323 | — | — | #439 |
| 1968 | 319 | — | — | #431 |
| 1967 | 365 | — | — | #401 |
| 1966 | 215 | — | — | #519 |
| 1965 | 136 | — | — | #644 |
| 1964 | 131 | — | — | #676 |
| 1963 | 123 | — | — | #701 |
| 1962 | 120 | — | — | #705 |
| 1961 | 113 | — | — | #725 |
| 1960 | 118 | — | — | #719 |
| 1959 | 96 | — | — | #787 |
| 1958 | 82 | — | — | #831 |
| 1957 | 94 | — | — | #778 |
| 1956 | 103 | — | — | #726 |
| 1955 | 85 | — | — | #800 |
| 1954 | 65 | — | — | #928 |
| 1953 | 62 | — | — | #919 |
| 1952 | 61 | — | — | #913 |
| 1951 | 54 | — | — | #960 |
| 1950 | 45 | — | — | #1,061 |
| 1949 | 52 | — | — | #966 |
| 1948 | 51 | — | — | #987 |
| 1947 | 64 | — | — | #876 |
| 1946 | 54 | — | — | #908 |
| 1945 | 50 | — | — | #913 |
| 1944 | 48 | — | — | #934 |
| 1943 | 59 | — | — | #874 |
| 1942 | 59 | — | — | #856 |
| 1941 | 55 | — | — | #857 |
| 1940 | 51 | — | — | #890 |
| 1939 | 36 | — | — | #1,084 |
| 1938 | 45 | — | — | #949 |
| 1937 | 56 | — | — | #822 |
| 1936 | 51 | — | — | #859 |
| 1935 | 45 | — | — | #954 |
| 1934 | 46 | — | — | #939 |
| 1933 | 48 | — | — | #904 |
| 1932 | 45 | — | #5,019 | #1,075 |
| 1931 | 47 | — | — | #973 |
| 1930 | 52 | — | — | #941 |
| 1929 | 54 | — | — | #921 |
| 1928 | 52 | — | — | #947 |
| 1927 | 44 | — | — | #1,076 |
| 1926 | 37 | — | — | #1,189 |
| 1925 | 47 | — | — | #1,008 |
| 1924 | 61 | — | — | #896 |
| 1923 | 55 | — | — | #929 |
| 1922 | 53 | — | — | #972 |
| 1921 | 59 | — | — | #919 |
| 1920 | 47 | — | — | #1,017 |
| 1919 | 47 | — | — | #998 |
| 1918 | 51 | — | — | #939 |
| 1917 | 35 | — | — | #1,150 |
| 1916 | 47 | — | — | #937 |
| 1915 | 36 | — | — | #1,081 |
| 1914 | 41 | — | — | #854 |
| 1913 | 29 | — | — | #928 |
| 1912 | 23 | — | — | #967 |
| 1911 | 12 | — | — | #1,031 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | — | #1,297 |
| 1909 | 15 | — | — | #749 |
| 1908 | 8 | — | — | #1,101 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | — | #995 |
| 1906 | 11 | — | — | #795 |
| 1905 | 14 | — | — | #661 |
| 1904 | 12 | — | — | #719 |
| 1903 | 20 | — | — | #485 |
| 1902 | 16 | — | — | #551 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | — | #938 |
| 1900 | 14 | — | — | #695 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,190 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | — | #1,109 |
| 1897 | 8 | — | — | #844 |
| 1896 | 13 | — | — | #635 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | — | #676 |
| 1894 | 17 | — | — | #497 |
| 1893 | 12 | — | — | #608 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | — | #1,240 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | — | #1,111 |
| 1890 | 8 | — | — | #805 |
| 1889 | 8 | — | — | #782 |
| 1888 | 12 | — | — | #604 |
| 1887 | 15 | — | — | #456 |
| 1886 | 16 | — | — | #468 |
| 1885 | 10 | — | — | #636 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | — | #960 |
| 1883 | 7 | — | — | #791 |
| 1882 | 13 | — | — | #539 |
| 1881 | 9 | — | — | #649 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | — | #900 |