Tad
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning toad; a form of Thaddeus.
Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Tad by the numbers
Tad was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 265 babies in 1966, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Thaddeus
Like Tad, each of these traces back to Thaddeus: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tad. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.