How popular is the name Tad?

Tad ranks 1,182nd among boys' names in US records, with 8,375 births since 1912. Over the past decade it accounts for 137.

Is Tad a unisex name?

No. Tad is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1966, when 299 children were given the name. It has been in use for 113 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Tadd. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,182 of boy names

Pronounced T AE1 D (ARPABET)

Tad is a boys' name, and first appears in 1912. It has been given to 8,375 children — the 1,182nd most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 137 births across the past decade, against a peak of 299 in a single year. That peak was in 1966.

Tadd is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Tad and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Tad?: Tad ranks 1,182nd among boys' names in US records, with 8,375 births since 1912. Over the past decade it accounts for 137.
Is Tad a unisex name?: No. Tad is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Tad most popular?: 1966, when 299 children were given the name. It has been in use for 113 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Tad spelled?: Tadd. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.