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Gad

#8,470 in 2025Boys' name

Fortune, luck

Gad has been given to 131 babies in the U.S. since 1987. In 2025 it ranked #8,470 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Gad, 2025

1 in 368,000

Gad over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gad: meaning, origin, and history

Fortune, luck

Hebrew

What Gad means

Gad means “fortune, luck”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גָּד (gad), a son of Jacob.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Gad (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Gad is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Gad is pronounced /ɡæd/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 131 boys were recorded with the name Gad between 1987 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2016; its best national rank was #6,373 in 1987.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,049 in 2020 to #8,470 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,258 in 2015 to #8,470 in 2025.

How common is Gad?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,470
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gad sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gad. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gads were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gad was born before 2015 — so the typical Gad is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
48.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
131
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 48.1% of all recorded uses (63).

Is Gad rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,579
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−212
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
90.0%
Peak was 2016 (10)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,373
1987

Gad around the world

Where Gad ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2007–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • France
    1966–2025
    #5,147
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1993–2020
    #2,945
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    2011–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Gad by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,470
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,579
Best rank ever
#6,373
1987
Peak year
2016
10 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
131
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Gad

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Gad

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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