Chad Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Chad: every year it appeared on the national list since 1914, with 240,728 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

240,728

Peak year

1972 #25

Years on the list

111

10-year trend

-45.8%

In the 1970s · Most used in OH in {year}

Popularity history

1914–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	439	#570
2012	434	#589
2013	358	#674
2014	346	#705
2015	314	#760
2016	291	#799
2017	220	#948
2018	241	#899
2019	175	#1118
2020	150	#1241
2021	158	#1218
2022	132	#1404
2023	108	#1611
2024	90	#1810
2025	96	#1701

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1972

974

866

835

809

710

688

Names from the same era

Brian · 1972 Shannon · 1972 Marlon · 1972 Lamont · 1972 Shelton · 1972 Scott · 1971 Shawn · 1971 Shane · 1973 Roderick · 1971 Jermaine · 1973

Names similar to Chad

Chadd Boys Chade Girls Chadi Boys Chade Boys Chada Girls Cha Boys Chaden Boys Cha Girls Chadae Girls Chadly Boys Chadley Boys Chadric Boys

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