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Thaddeus

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Down from #703 in 2015 to #797 in 2025 in the US

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #703, 2016: #638, 2017: #660, 2018: #703, 2019: #743, 2020: #783, 2021: #817, 2022: #808, 2023: #893, 2024: #852, 2025: #7971 in 5,440 boys in the US, 2025#797 · falling · was #703 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,483, 2016: #2,335, 2017: #1,470, 2018: #1,875, 2019: #2,266, 2020: #2,682, 2021: #1,782, 2022: #1,880, 2023: #2,814, 2024: #2,922, 2025: #1,5381 in 15,996 boys in E&W, 2025#1,538 · rising · was #2,483 in 2015

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What Thaddeus means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Thaddeus yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #703 in 2015 to #797 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Thaddeus?

US 2025
#797
314 babies
▲ 55 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#1538
17 babies
▲ 1384 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Falling: down from #703 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2483 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (1918)

Biggest US share so far: 1918, when 328 boys got the name (#307 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 5,440 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 15,996 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NE (0.68 per 1,000 boys), ID (0.58 per 1,000 boys), KS (0.57 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Thaddeus is #797 in the US and #1538 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#7973141 in 5,440#703
England & Wales#1538171 in 15,996#2483
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Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Thaddeus were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250314
England & Wales 2025017
US all years since 18803226,057
England & Wales since 19960185

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Thaddaeus10 US
  • Thadeus6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Thaddeus

Boys

  • Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
  • Leon#138“lion”
  • Evander#698“good man”
  • Niko#325Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1962, with 5 babies
  • Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
  • Ambrose#735“immortal, divine”

For a sister

  • Thea#353“goddess”
  • Dorothy#421Editor’s note Up from #714 in 2015 to #421 in 2025 in the US
  • Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”
  • Theodora#725“God s Gift”
  • Iris#61“rainbow”
  • Lena#279“the Large River”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Thaddeus’s. Rank is US 2025.

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