Chad

maleStatistical record

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

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

Chad: Recorded since 1974, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #72 in 1980, and it stood at #4,991 in 2023.

4registrars recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#72highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Chad's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#248
1997	#259
1998	#281
1999	#318
2000	#348
2001	#324
2002	#350
2003	#365
2004	#408
2005	#471
2006	#631
2007	#1079
2008	#894
2009	#1008
2010	#1082
2011	#976
2012	#1313
2013	#1294
2014	#1223
2015	#1121
2016	#1627
2017	#1923
2018	#3011
2019	#1745
2020	#2682
2021	#3990
2022	#2165
2023	#4991

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2023.

In 2016: #713 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1627 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1974–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #92 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1974–1983
Highest recorded position: #72 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1980 (recorded 1974–1983).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Chad appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 28 ranked years and 1,157 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1974.

Chad across 4 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.

Chad'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
England and Wales · Boys	#248 (1996)	#248 (1996)	#4991 (2023)	28 of 28	1,157 (1996–2023)	115 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#299 (1994)	#299 (1994)	#713 (2016)	5 of 23	20 (1994–2016)	5 (2000)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#92 (1974)	#72 (1980)	#94 (1983)	10 of 10	922 (1974–1983)	107 (1980)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#243 (2002)	#243 (2002)	#328 (2008)	4 of 7	15 (2002–2008)	4 (2002)

Chad 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 Chad in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	401	4 of 10	100
2000sbusiest	550	10 of 10	55
2010s	182	10 of 10	18
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 55 births a year.

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

Chad 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 4 regions, from 1974 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #72 in New South Wales, Australia in 1980.

Chad'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1121	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1294	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1313	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#976	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1082	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1008	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#894	30	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1079	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#631	44	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#471	60	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#408	68	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#365	75	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#350	72	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#324	82	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#348	71	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#318	83	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#281	93	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#259	110	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#248	115	High	Verified
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#83	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#315	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 4 registrars between 1974 and 2023, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #72, first reached in 1980.

It held a top-100 place in 10 years, 10 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 115 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1994, and 28 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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Chace · #734, 24y
Chaim · #704, 29y
Chana · #1018, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Candice · #72, 35y
Elliott · #71, 34y
Larry · #69, 38y
Demi · #78, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Sian · #72, 44y
August · #71, 39y
Kristie · #73, 22y
Jonathon · #74, 43y

Chad was ranked #72 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1980. 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.

Chad 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 Chad without appearing here.

Chad moved ahead of

Courtney Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3990 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2165 and #3449.
Graham Compare
In 1976 they stood at #92 and #87 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys; by 1977 that had become #83 and #98.
Tony Compare
In 1982 they stood at #92 and #89 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys; by 1983 that had become #94 and #99.
Christian Compare
In 1977 they stood at #83 and #72 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys; by 1978 that had become #76 and #79.

Moved ahead of Chad

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1461.
Wayne Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1610.
Rodney Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1906.
Arne Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #2160.

Moved the opposite way to Chad

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chad went from #248 to #4991 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chad went from #248 to #4991 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chad went from #248 to #4991 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chad went from #248 to #4991 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Chad

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chad went from #248 to #4991 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chad went from #248 to #4991 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chad went from #248 to #4991 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chad went from #248 to #4991 and Alex from #43 to #152.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 4 regions, from 1974 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #72 in New South Wales, Australia in 1980. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Chad

Chad at a glance

What stands out in Chad's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Chad across 4 official records

Chad by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Chad appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Chad and the names beside it

Chad moved ahead of

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Chad at a glance

What stands out in Chad's record

Chad across 4 official records

Chad by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Chad appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Chad

Chad and the names beside it

Chad moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Chad

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