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.

Tad

#1,431 most common boys' name of all time · #3,451 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#1,431
Rank overall
#3,451 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
6,929
Since 2016
133
Peak year
1966 #471
Best rank
#471 1966
Girls Boys peak 265/yr
192019401960198020002020

Tad first appears in 1912. 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 — 11 11 #7,233
2024 — 11 11 #7,296
2023 — 14 14 #6,252
2022 — 11 11 #7,297
2021 — 13 13 #6,369
2020 — 10 10 #7,557
2019 — 17 17 #5,358
2018 — 17 17 #5,344
2017 — 11 11 #7,133
2016 — 18 18 #5,147
2015 — 15 15 #5,772
2014 — 20 20 #4,725
2013 — 19 19 #4,823
2012 — 21 21 #4,551
2011 — 23 23 #4,237
2010 — 9 9 #8,200
2009 — 25 25 #4,053
2008 — 22 22 #4,412
2007 — 31 31 #3,457
2006 — 36 36 #3,035
2005 — 37 37 #2,854
2004 — 35 35 #2,897
2003 — 31 31 #3,061
2002 — 38 38 #2,567
2001 — 32 32 #2,874
2000 — 31 31 #2,875
1999 — 29 29 #2,880
1998 — 29 29 #2,796
1997 — 47 47 #1,945
1996 — 58 58 #1,660
1995 — 66 66 #1,469
1994 — 75 75 #1,347
1993 — 88 88 #1,200
1992 — 79 79 #1,275
1991 — 110 110 #1,034
1990 — 92 92 #1,121
1989 — 108 108 #981
1988 — 108 108 #918
1987 — 103 103 #932
1986 — 133 133 #788
1985 — 128 128 #784
1984 — 130 130 #762
1983 — 76 76 #1,019
1982 — 65 65 #1,134
1981 — 84 84 #991
1980 — 100 100 #896
1979 — 104 104 #853
1978 — 116 116 #787
1977 — 137 137 #730
1976 — 146 146 #687
1975 — 169 169 #621
1974 — 171 171 #616
1973 — 158 158 #632
1972 — 160 160 #623
1971 — 184 184 #617
1970 — 197 197 #576
1969 — 169 169 #603
1968 — 205 205 #533
1967 — 220 220 #507
1966 — 265 265 #471
1965 — 223 223 #510
1964 — 187 187 #578
1963 — 169 169 #604
1962 — 157 157 #617
1961 — 122 122 #693
1960 — 145 145 #648
1959 — 133 133 #664
1958 — 137 137 #659
1957 — 149 149 #632
1956 — 125 125 #675
1955 — 89 89 #778
1954 — 49 49 #1,079
1953 — 43 43 #1,134
1952 — 25 25 #1,539
1951 — 27 27 #1,457
1950 — 25 25 #1,486
1949 — 16 16 #1,921
1948 — 26 26 #1,451
1947 — 26 26 #1,481
1946 — 18 18 #1,743
1945 — 16 16 #1,759
1944 — 17 17 #1,724
1943 — 27 27 #1,363
1942 — 22 22 #1,529
1941 — 13 13 #2,057
1940 — 20 20 #1,560
1939 — 20 20 #1,521
1938 — 11 11 #2,288
1937 — 5 5 #3,725
1936 — 9 9 #2,559
1935 — 13 13 #2,101
1934 — 12 12 #2,224
1933 — 21 21 #1,537
1932 — 19 19 #1,708
1931 — 6 6 #3,539
1930 — 7 7 #3,421
1929 — 19 19 #1,787
1928 — 10 10 #2,760
1927 — 7 7 #3,591
1926 — 12 12 #2,521
1925 — 12 12 #2,545
1924 — 5 5 #4,527
1923 — 6 6 #3,978
1922 — 9 9 #3,146
1921 — 10 10 #2,922
1920 — 6 6 #3,970
1919 — 5 5 #4,353
1918 — 5 5 #4,345
1917 — 5 5 #4,165
1915 — 12 12 #2,279
1913 — 5 5 #3,050
1912 — 5 5 #2,886