Tadeo
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Praise
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Tadeo
Tadeo is the Spanish form of Thaddeus, a name with ancient Aramaic or Hebrew roots — most likely from the Aramaic Thaddai, meaning "praise" or "heart," though some scholars also link it to the Hebrew tod, conveying thanksgiving or commendation. Thaddeus appears in the New Testament as one of the twelve apostles, giving the name a direct biblical pedigree that has sustained it across two millennia of Christian naming tradition. Tadeo carries all of that weight in a form that feels at home in Spanish, with its bright vowel ending and crisp three-syllable cadence. Across Latin America and Spain, it has long been a recognized but uncommon choice — distinguished without being obscure.
Tadeo entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2016 and has climbed steadily to a 2024 peak of #412 with 781 boys — its best rank and highest birth count to date. The momentum is striking: from #522 in 2022 with 568 boys to #473 in 2023 with 642 boys to #412 in 2024 with 781 boys, the name is on a clear and consistent upward trajectory. Altogether more than 3,900 boys have been named Tadeo within the SSA top-1000 era, with much of that accumulation coming in just the past few years. The name's rise reflects the growing visibility and confidence of Spanish-language names in American naming culture and its appeal to parents — Spanish-speaking and otherwise — who want a name with scriptural roots, a warm Romance-language sound, and an authenticity that purely invented names cannot offer. Variants include Tad and Tadzio.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Tadeo
US Popularity History (2016–2025)
Annual US births named Tadeo by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2024 with 781 boys named Tadeo (boy rank #412 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #427 for boys (753 US births). That's 15 places below its 2024 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Tadeo Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Tadeo the strongest states are Texas, Arizona, California.
Strongest boys-name states
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | #887 | 49 |
| 2 | Indiana | #825 | 29 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | #793 | 23 |
| 4 | Tennessee | #767 | 37 |
| 5 | Georgia | #753 | 101 |
| 6 | North Carolina | #721 | 72 |
| 7 | South Carolina | #697 | 21 |
| 8 | Utah | #696 | 23 |
| 9 | Washington | #645 | 86 |
| 10 | Kansas | #622 | 16 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Tadeo in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tad | Abbreviation Of Thaddeus Who Was One Of Christ's 12 Apostles. | Male | English |
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Compare Tadeo to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Tadeo against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).