Masculine dossier · first seen 1924

Thaddaeus

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2005

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1924Peak 20052024

Peak year

2005

Decline from peak

44.8%

2024

All-time

1,035

Thaddaeus has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2005, when 29 boys were named Thaddaeus.

In 2024, only 16 boys were given the name.

Down 44.8% from its peak.

All told, about 1,035 Americans have been named Thaddaeus and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1924.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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