How Many People Are Named Gad?
people named Gad are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,629,114 people in the US has this name
Based on 131 babies named Gad in Social Security records from 1987 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
10 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "fortune, luck" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Gad is the first son of Jacob by Leah's slave-girl Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of the Israelites. His name is explained in Genesis 30:11. Another Gad in the Old Testament is a prophet of King David.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gad in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gad alive today is about 12 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gad first appears in the records in 1987 and was given most often in 2016, to 10 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1987 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gad has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #6,374, in 1987. In 2025 it ranked #8,470.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,470 |
| Best rank | #6,374 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,964 in the 2010s |
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