Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Chad

#165 most common boys' name of all time · #339 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#165
Rank overall
#339 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
241,767
Since 2016
1,661
Peak year
1972 #25
Best rank
#25 1972
Girls Boys peak 13,441/yr
192019401960198020002020

Chad first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 96 96 #1,702
2024 — 90 90 #1,814
2023 — 108 108 #1,610
2022 — 132 132 #1,404
2021 — 158 158 #1,219
2020 — 150 150 #1,242
2019 — 175 175 #1,120
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 #453
2007 — 659 659 #431
2006 — 799 799 #373
2005 — 767 767 #377
2004 6 828 834 #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 1,952 #174
1996 5 2,168 2,173 #161
1995 5 2,434 2,439 #144
1994 7 2,730 2,737 #130
1993 — 3,143 3,143 #114
1992 8 3,356 3,364 #108
1991 8 3,585 3,593 #104
1990 6 4,351 4,357 #85
1989 11 4,723 4,734 #74
1988 28 5,299 5,327 #65
1987 39 5,622 5,661 #63
1986 33 6,026 6,059 #59
1985 50 6,466 6,516 #57
1984 37 7,062 7,099 #51
1983 47 7,390 7,437 #49
1982 51 7,909 7,960 #48
1981 49 8,412 8,461 #47
1980 35 10,142 10,177 #39
1979 56 10,161 10,217 #38
1978 64 10,107 10,171 #35
1977 56 10,831 10,887 #34
1976 69 11,766 11,835 #29
1975 63 12,838 12,901 #27
1974 64 12,788 12,852 #26
1973 67 12,886 12,953 #25
1972 49 13,392 13,441 #25
1971 51 12,137 12,188 #29
1970 25 6,628 6,653 #51
1969 18 4,060 4,078 #69
1968 13 2,917 2,930 #104
1967 11 2,946 2,957 #105
1966 8 2,201 2,209 #135
1965 — 1,172 1,172 #209
1964 — 875 875 #259
1963 — 648 648 #309
1962 — 464 464 #374
1961 — 364 364 #416
1960 — 255 255 #494
1959 — 247 247 #499
1958 — 249 249 #493
1957 — 252 252 #492
1956 — 221 221 #510
1955 — 235 235 #478
1954 — 202 202 #513
1953 — 152 152 #584
1952 — 118 118 #644
1951 — 95 95 #714
1950 — 66 66 #842
1949 — 56 56 #932
1948 — 55 55 #943
1947 — 78 78 #783
1946 — 57 57 #875
1945 — 40 40 #1,015
1944 — 36 36 #1,118
1943 — 39 39 #1,103
1942 — 41 41 #1,071
1941 — 26 26 #1,325
1940 — 23 23 #1,430
1939 — 21 21 #1,483
1938 — 18 18 #1,675
1937 — 15 15 #1,901
1936 — 18 18 #1,630
1935 — 22 22 #1,488
1934 — 15 15 #1,920
1933 — 10 10 #2,493
1932 — 17 17 #1,842
1931 — 13 13 #2,194
1930 — 8 8 #3,208
1929 — 11 11 #2,558
1928 — 8 8 #3,233
1927 — 10 10 #2,854
1926 — 7 7 #3,552
1925 — 10 10 #2,880
1924 — 14 14 #2,328
1923 — 10 10 #2,903
1922 — 15 15 #2,226
1921 — 8 8 #3,387
1920 — 10 10 #2,922
1919 — 10 10 #2,810
1918 — 11 11 #2,679
1917 — 13 13 #2,270
1915 — 5 5 #4,065
1914 — 11 11 #2,096