Name meaning & stats
Thaddeus
Thaddeus (Ancient Greek origin). 20,296 US babies since 1940, peak 2016.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Ancient Greek
In US birth records
Peak year: 2016
20,296 US babies were named Thaddeus between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Thaddeus (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 87% of the family
- Thaddeus 87%
- Thaddaeus 4%
- Thadeus 4%
- Thaddius 2%
- Thadius 2%
- Thaddeaus 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2016)