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.

Thaddaeus

#4,687 most common boys' name of all time · #11,540 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1924–2025

Rank among boys
#4,687
Rank overall
#11,540 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
1,045
Since 2016
176
Peak year
2005 #3,402
Best rank
#2,248 1978
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
19401960198020002020

Thaddaeus first appears in 1924. 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 — 10 10 #7,762
2024 — 16 16 #5,705
2023 — 15 15 #5,978
2022 — 12 12 #6,894
2021 — 22 22 #4,516
2020 — 21 21 #4,568
2019 — 14 14 #6,163
2018 — 24 24 #4,252
2017 — 22 22 #4,497
2016 — 20 20 #4,806
2015 — 16 16 #5,551
2014 — 26 26 #3,916
2013 — 19 19 #4,838
2012 — 22 22 #4,411
2011 — 19 19 #4,844
2010 — 20 20 #4,711
2009 — 15 15 #5,850
2008 — 29 29 #3,671
2007 — 20 20 #4,668
2006 — 18 18 #4,907
2005 — 29 29 #3,402
2004 — 22 22 #4,037
2003 — 16 16 #4,858
2002 — 26 26 #3,373
2001 — 28 28 #3,168
2000 — 22 22 #3,666
1999 — 16 16 #4,381
1998 — 21 21 #3,516
1997 — 21 21 #3,379
1996 — 24 24 #3,045
1995 — 19 19 #3,474
1994 — 22 22 #3,136
1993 — 22 22 #3,077
1992 — 17 17 #3,656
1991 — 22 22 #2,939
1990 — 17 17 #3,516
1989 — 25 25 #2,577
1988 — 15 15 #3,421
1987 — 17 17 #2,991
1986 — 14 14 #3,327
1985 — 24 24 #2,252
1984 — 22 22 #2,325
1983 — 9 9 #4,288
1982 — 16 16 #2,893
1981 — 15 15 #2,957
1980 — 19 19 #2,577
1979 — 13 13 #3,261
1978 — 21 21 #2,248
1977 — 14 14 #2,965
1976 — 13 13 #3,011
1975 — 13 13 #2,981
1974 — 15 15 #2,608
1973 — 11 11 #3,114
1972 — 9 9 #3,491
1971 — 8 8 #3,806
1970 — 9 9 #3,401
1969 — 7 7 #3,788
1948 — 6 6 #3,601
1924 — 6 6 #4,342