Chad

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

The name Chad is the modernized form of the Old English given name Ceadda. It is also a short form of Charles, Chandler, Chadler, Chadd, Chadrick and Chadwick. Until the 20th century, Chad was very rarely used as a given name.

From Wikipedia

Chad first appears in the data in 1974 and has been recorded in 14 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1980 with 107 babies (rank #92 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Chad

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Chad yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

930
Total babies (all years)
14
Years in the data
107
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
197479#98
197599#95
197676#99
197789#95
1978104#95
1979103#94
1980107#92
1981106#95
198282#98
198377#97
20144#321
20152#548
20161#1,058
20171#1,103