Thaddeus

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Thaddeus: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Thaddeus: Recorded since 1967, with a gap of 19 years, its highest recorded position is #243, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#243highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Thaddeus's record

Absent from every published list for 19 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1998	#2901
1999	#2097
2001	#2587
2002	#2254
2003	#1962
2004	#3009
2005	#1991
2006	#4052
2007	#3589
2008	#4432
2013	#3315
2014	#1935
2015	#2483
2016	#2335
2017	#1470
2018	#1875
2019	#2266
2020	#2682
2021	#1782
2022	#1879
2023	#2813
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 10 of the 55 years from 1967 to 2021.

In 2021: #755 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1782 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1967–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #265 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1967–2021
Highest recorded position: #243 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1968 (recorded 1967–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Thaddeus appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 23 ranked years and 168 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1967.

Thaddeus across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Thaddeus's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#265 (1967)	#243 (1968)	#755 (2021)	10 of 55	32 (1967–2021)	4 (1968)
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#1470 (2017)	#2921 (2024)	23 of 29	168 (1996–2024)	17 (2017)

Thaddeus by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Thaddeus in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	38	8 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	71	7 of 10	10
2020s	46	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Thaddeus appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1967 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #243 in Republic of Ireland in 1968.

Thaddeus's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1967 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #243, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 19 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 29 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Davis · #243, 31y
Edda · #243, 30y
Michel · #243, 24y
Islay · #244, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aedin · #243, 30y
Bruno · #243, 47y
Davis · #243, 31y
Ines · #243, 51y

Thaddeus was ranked #243 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1968. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Thaddeus and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Thaddeus without appearing here.

Thaddeus moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1935 and #4632.
Graeme Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4052 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1935 and #4632.
Madison Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #3315 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1935 and #4632.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2483 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2335 and #4810.

Moved ahead of Thaddeus

Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1991 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #2087.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1962 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #1347.
Tadhg Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2020 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #1263.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #1363.

Moved the opposite way to Thaddeus

Adam Compare
Between 1967 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Thaddeus went from #265 to #755 while Adam went from #245 to #22.
Alexander Compare
Between 1967 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Thaddeus went from #265 to #755 while Alexander went from #137 to #43.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1967 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Thaddeus went from #265 to #755 while Benjamin went from #132 to #66.
Cian Compare
Between 1967 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Thaddeus went from #265 to #755 while Cian went from #187 to #23.

Moved the same way as Thaddeus

Adrian Compare
Between 1967 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Thaddeus went from #265 to #755 and Adrian from #65 to #257.
Alfred Compare
Between 1967 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Thaddeus went from #265 to #755 and Alfred from #208 to #336.
Denis Compare
Between 1967 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Thaddeus went from #265 to #755 and Denis from #27 to #182.
Edward Compare
Between 1967 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Thaddeus went from #265 to #755 and Edward from #17 to #97.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1967 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #243 in Republic of Ireland in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Thaddeus

Thaddeus at a glance

What stands out in Thaddeus's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Thaddeus across 2 official records

Thaddeus by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Thaddeus appears in

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Thaddeus at a glance

What stands out in Thaddeus's record

Thaddeus across 2 official records

Thaddeus by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Thaddeus appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Thaddeus

Thaddeus and the names beside it

Thaddeus moved ahead of

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