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How popular is the name Chad?
Births per year, rank history and how many Chads are alive today.
Chad (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 115 babies were given the name, the 248th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 3% of its peak. Chad is also a common short form of Chase, so many people called Chad are registered under the longer name.
The Chad you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Chads born in England and Wales are between 23 and 34, and there are at least 1,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Chad - on average, only one in every 160 such rooms contains a Chad.
How many babies are named Chad each year?
Where does Chad rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Chad most popular?
Chad peaked in 1996, when 115 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Chad?
At least 1,900 people named Chad born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Chad?
Most living Chads are between 23 and 34; the most common age is about 30.
Is Chad becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak.