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How popular is the name Gad?
Births per year, rank history and how many Gads are alive today.
Gad (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5120th in 2024 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2019, when 5 babies were given the name, the 3411th most popular that year.
The Gad you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old - or else around 18: the name has two living generations. Half of all Gads born in England and Wales are between 7 and 22, and there are at least 69 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 Gad - on average, only one in every 4,392 such rooms contains a Gad.
How many babies are named Gad each year?
Where does Gad 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 Gad most popular?
Gad peaked in 2019, when 5 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Gad?
At least 69 people named Gad born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Gad?
Most living Gads are between 7 and 22; the most common age is about 6. There is a second cluster around 18.
Is Gad becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.