A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Thaddeus
antiquarian · polysyllabic · deliberate
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenDerived from the Aramaic name Thaddai, often interpreted as courageous or heart, which entered Greek as Thaddaios. The name features in the New Testament as one of the twelve apostles. In the United States, it established an early foothold among eighteenth-century colonists and maintained a quiet presence ever since.
Also answers toThad, Tad
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025
SSA Data 1880 peak: 416 souls, A.D. 2016 2025
2025: 314 born, holding steady
Estimated Age
37 yrs
Most Thaddeuss were born around 2016 — old enough to remember dial-up.
Peak Reign
2016
№638 that year
Generation
Gen Alpha, 23%
then Gen X 21% · Millennial 21%
Rarity
Top 2000 all-time
≈26K ever born · holding steady
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Thaddeus grew up with
SSA DataCocomelon·Bluey·Zoom kindergarten
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Thaddeus peaked in 2016.
Estimated average age: 37.
What people think
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Thaddeus sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
AI Seed · Votes Override at n=30 Vintage Modern
Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenThe name sounds like it belongs to someone with a fountain pen. It carries the weight of nineteenth-century debate without vanishing from modern nurseries. Because its peak year was 2016, the bearer is as likely to be in third grade as in middle management. It demands full, deliberate enunciation.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
With about twenty-six thousand births recorded since 1880, the name has spent over a century avoiding the top five hundred.
Field Note 02
Its peak year arrived in 2016 with 416 births, placing its high-water mark firmly in the smartphone era.
Field Note 03
Living holders split evenly between Gen Alpha, Millennials, and Gen X, each claiming about twenty-one percent of the total.
Notable Thaddeuss
AI-WrittenThaddeus Stevenspolitician and abolitionist leader, b. 1792
Thaddeus LoweCivil War aeronaut and inventor, b. 1832
Thaddeus Youngprofessional basketball player, b. 1988
Ephemera — If Thaddeus were a…
AI-WrittenCity
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Color
Iron gall ink
Job
Rare manuscript conservator
Object
Brass microscope
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