Masculine dossier · first seen 1912

Tad

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

Endangered Down 95.8% from peak

Peak era

1966

Peak rank proxy

265

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1912Peak 19662024

Peak year

1966

Decline from peak

95.8%

2024

All-time

6,918

Tad 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 1966, when 265 boys were named Tad.

In 2024, only 11 boys were given the name.

Down 95.8% from its peak.

All told, about 6,918 Americans have been named Tad and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.8% from peak

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