Masculine dossier · first seen 1914

Chad

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Chad
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.3% from peak

Peak era

1972

Peak rank proxy

13,391

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1914Peak 19722024

Peak year

1972

Decline from peak

99.3%

2024

All-time

240,640

Chad once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1972, when 13,391 boys were named Chad.

In 2024, only 90 boys were given the name.

Down 99.3% from its peak.

All told, about 240,640 Americans have been named Chad and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.3% from peak

197213,391 boys named Chad

202490 boys named Chad

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