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Chad Name Popularity

How popular is the name Chad? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 0 0%
1911 — 0 0%
1912 — 0 0%
1913 — 0 0%
1914 — 0 0%
1915 — 0 0%
1916 — 0 0%
1917 — 5 0.0005%
1918 — 0 0%
1919 — 0 0%
1920 — 0 0%
1921 — 0 0%
1922 — 5 0.0004%
1923 — 0 0%
1924 — 0 0%
1925 — 5 0.0004%
1926 — 0 0%
1927 — 0 0%
1928 — 0 0%
1929 — 0 0%
1930 — 0 0%
1931 — 0 0%
1932 — 0 0%
1933 — 0 0%
1934 — 0 0%
1935 — 0 0%
1936 — 0 0%
1937 — 0 0%
1938 — 6 0.0006%
1939 — 0 0%
1940 — 0 0%
1941 — 6 0.0005%
1942 — 14 0.0011%
1943 — 6 0.0005%
1944 — 13 0.001%
1945 — 6 0.0005%
1946 — 10 0.0007%
1947 — 35 0.0021%
1948 — 17 0.0011%
1949 — 17 0.0011%
1950 — 13 0.0008%
1951 — 44 0.0026%
1952 — 72 0.0041%
1953 — 104 0.0059%
1954 — 144 0.0079%
1955 — 195 0.0106%
1956 — 168 0.0089%
1957 — 192 0.01%
1958 — 205 0.0108%
1959 — 199 0.0105%
1960 — 204 0.0108%
1961 — 307 0.0163%
1962 — 424 0.0231%
1963 — 613 0.0341%
1964 — 849 0.0482%
1965 — 1,166 0.0713%
1966 — 2,198 0.1408%
1967 — 2,939 0.1937%
1968 — 2,908 0.1937%
1969 — 4,056 0.2633%
1970 — 6,632 0.4167%
1971 — 12,133 0.8074%
1972 — 13,400 0.9838%
1973 — 12,884 0.9938%
1974 — 12,799 0.9847%
1975 — 12,844 0.9995%
1976 — 11,776 0.9137%
1977 — 10,835 0.8038%
1978 — 10,113 0.7522%
1979 — 10,159 0.7205%
1980 — 10,150 0.6942%
1981 — 8,413 0.5723%
1982 — 7,908 0.5292%
1983 — 7,386 0.5005%
1984 — 7,062 0.4747%
1985 — 6,470 0.4263%
1986 — 6,024 0.3991%
1987 — 5,624 0.3685%
1988 — 5,292 0.3396%
1989 — 4,720 0.2925%
1990 — 4,350 0.2624%
1991 — 3,580 0.2196%
1992 — 3,354 0.2101%
1993 — 3,142 0.2015%
1994 — 2,727 0.1777%
1995 — 2,418 0.1604%
1996 — 2,161 0.1443%
1997 — 1,941 0.1312%
1998 — 1,797 0.1201%
1999 — 1,572 0.105%
2000 — 1,431 0.0937%
2001 — 1,054 0.07%
2002 — 905 0.0604%
2003 — 834 0.0548%
2004 — 796 0.0522%
2005 — 732 0.0479%
2006 — 770 0.0492%
2007 — 618 0.0392%
2008 — 576 0.0373%
2009 — 503 0.0337%
2010 — 415 0.0288%
2011 — 399 0.028%
2012 — 394 0.0276%
2013 — 313 0.022%
2014 — 286 0.0196%
2015 — 261 0.0179%
2016 — 239 0.0166%
2017 — 153 0.011%
2018 — 179 0.013%
2019 — 123 0.0091%
2020 — 88 0.0069%
2021 — 115 0.0094%
2022 — 72 0.0055%
2023 — 42 0.0032%

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Data via SSA.gov.


Names Like Chad

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What names are variants of Chad?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Chadd

English

Chaddie

English

Chadric

English

Chadrick

English

Chadwick

Dairy farm of Ceadda

English


What names sound like Chad?

If you like how Chad sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Chad.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Chet

Camp of soldiers; stone camp or fortress

Latin

Shad

Hebrew

Shadd

English

Shade

Singer

Arabic

Shadi

Singer

Arabic


What names are similar to Chad?

Find a name that’s like Chad, but just a little bit different.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Charles

Free man

German


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