Chad is a boy's name of English origin meaning “lake.” In 2024 it was given to 90 boys in the United States.
Chad belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “lake” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Old.
In the United States, Chad first appears in Social Security records in 1914. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #25 in 1972, and in 2024 90 babies received the name — 240,640 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Chad means “lake” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Chad is a boy name. In 2024, 90 babies received the name in the US.
Chad comes from the English & American tradition. It is also spelled Old.
Chad first appears in US records in 1914. Its best-ever ranking was #25 in 1972, and 90 babies were given the name in 2024.
Chad is pronounced /t͡ʃæd/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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