Chad (name)

The name Chad is the modernized form of the Old English given name Ceadda. It is also a short form (hypocorism) of Charles, Chadd, Chadrick and Chadwick.

Until the 20th century, Chad was very rarely used as a given name. According to the Social Security Administration, Chad first entered the top 1000 names for male children in the United States in 1945, when it was the 997th most popular name. 
Its popularity suddenly peaked beginning in the mid 1960s, reaching rank 25 in 1972 and 1973.
From the mid 1970s, its popularity began a gradual decline, reaching rank 236 in 2000 and rank 667 as of 2013.

Given name

Chad of Mercia (died 672), Anglo-Saxon bishop
Chad Allan (musician) (born 1943), Canadian musician and founding member of The Guess Who
Chad Allegra (born 1980), American professional wrestler
Chad Allen (actor) (born 1974), American actor
Chad Allen (baseball) (born 1975), American baseball player
Chad Ashton (born 1967), retired American soccer player
Chad Beebe (born 1994), American football player
Chad Bettis (born 1989), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Chad Bond (born 1987), Welsh footballer
Chad Bradford (born 1974), American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher
Chad Brown (disambiguation)
Chad Butler (1973-2007), American rapper
Chad Campbell (born 1974), American golfer
Chad Campbell (politician) (born 1973), American politician
Chad Channing (born 1967), former drummer for Nirvana and member of Fire Ants
Chad Cornes (born 1979), Australian Rules Football player
Chad Curtis (born 1968), American former Major League Baseball player
Chad DeGrenier (born 1973), American football player
Chad E. Donella (born 1978), Canadian actor
Chad Durbin (born 1977), Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher
Chad Everett (1936–2012), American actor
Chad Gould (born 1982), Filipino-English footballer
Chad Gray (born 1971), American lead singer for Mudvayne and Hellyeah
Chad I. Ginsburg (born 1972), lead guitarist and producer of the rock band CKY
Chad Hansen (born 1995), American football player
Chad Henne (born 1985), American football player
Chad Hugo (born 1974), American record producer
Chad Johnson (wide receiver) (born 1978), American football player
Chad Johnson (ice hockey) (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Chad Kanoff (born 1994), American football player
Chad Kelly (born 1994), American football player
Chad Kelsay (born 1977), American football player
Chad Kessler (born 1975), American football player
Chad Kilgore (born 1989), American football player
Chad Kroeger (born 1974), lead singer and guitarist for Nickelback
Chad le Clos (born 1992), South African world and Olympic champion in swimming
Chad Levitt (born 1975), American National Football League player
Chad Lowe (born 1968), American actor and director
Chad McKnight, American professional basketball player
Chad McMahan, American politician
Chad Mendes, American mixed martial arts fighter 
Chad Michael Murray (born 1981), American actor
Chad Michaels, American drag queen
Chad Muma (born 1999), American football player
Chad Muska (born 1977), American professional skateboarder
Chad Pennington (born 1976), American football player
Chad Peralta (born 1985), Filipino-Australian singer and actor
Chad Person (born 1978), US contemporary artist
Chad Puryear, American politician
Chad Randall (born 1980), Harlequins Rugby League player
Chad M. Rienstra (Born 1971), Chemistry Professor at UW-Madison
Chad Robertson, member of the Alabama House of Representatives
Chad Robinson (born 1980), Harlequins Rugby League player
Chad Ryland (born 1999), American football player
Chad Smith (disambiguation)
Chad Sexton (born 1970), drummer for 311
Chad Stahelski (born 1968), American stuntman and film director
Chad Stuart (1941-2020), one half of the pop duo of Chad & Jeremy
Chad Thomas (born 1995), American football player
Chad Taylor (guitarist) (born 1970), American guitarist and backing vocalist in the bands The Gracious Few and Live
Chad Taylor (writer) (born 1964), New Zealand writer
Chad Trujillo (born 1973), astronomer
Chad Urmston (born 1976), lead singer and guitarist for Dispatch and State Radio
Chad VanGaalen (born 1977), Canadian musician and singer
Chad Varah (1911–2007), founder of The Samaritans crisis hotline organization
Chad Vaughn (born 1980), American weightlifter
Chad Wackerman (born 1960), American drummer
Chad Williams (wide receiver) (born 1994), American football player

Surname
Charles Chad (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Dominic Chad (born 1972), English rock guitarist
George William Chad (1781 or 1784-1849), English diplomat
Norman Chad (born 1958), American sportswriter and syndicated columnist

Fictional characters
Chad (Saturday Night Live), played by Pete Davidson
Chad Danforth, from the High School Musical franchise
Chad Dylan Cooper, from Sonny with a Chance
 The title character of Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager, an Internet Star Wars fan series
 The Blue Lightspeed Ranger "Chad Lee" from the Power Rangers franchise
 Chad C. Mulligan, from Stand on Zanzibar
 Chad Feldheimer, from Burn After Reading
 Chad Hanna, title character of Chad Hanna
Yasutora Sado, nicknamed Chad, from the anime and manga series Bleach
 The Elvis Presley-inspired lead character in the musical All Shook Up is named Chad

See also

Chadwick (given name)
Chads (surname)
Chal (name)
Char (name)
Chad (slang)

References

English masculine given names
Masculine given names
Hypocorisms