Quade
Masculine · “son of Walter”
Quade is the Irish Mac Uaid — son of Uaid, which is Wat, which is Walter — a name ground down through three languages.
How old is the name Quade?
Quade first appears in US birth records in 1984 — 41 years ago. The typical Quade alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 1,400 people named Quade are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Quade most popular?
Quade peaked in 1995, reaching #1577 nationally. Today it ranks #2284, 707 places below that high. See the whole 1995 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Walter to Quade
The story of Quade
Norman settlers brought Walter to Ireland, English speech clipped it to Wat, Irish took that as Uaid, and Mac Uaid was then anglicized as Quade or McQuaid — one name passing through four languages and coming out unrecognizable. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
son of Walter
From the Irish Mac Uaid, 'son of Uaid', where Uaid is the Irish form of Wat, an English pet form of Walter, from the Germanic wald, 'rule', and hari, 'army'. The chain is documented and unusually well traced.
How the name formed
- Walter
- Wat
- Mac Uaid
- Quade
Related forms: Mac Uaid · Quaid · McQuade
Pronouncing Quade
KWAYD
One syllable. Quade and Quaid are homophones; only the spelling differs.
Nicknames for Quade
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1984
- Most boys named
- 202464 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1577reached in 1995
- Change vs 2024
- −4.7%61 in 2025, from 64
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Quade in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Mac Uaid in Irish — related form
- Quaid in English — spelling variant
- McQuade in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Utah, Missouri.
Quades among us
people named Quade are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 28,001 born in 2025 was named Quade
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Dallis test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Quade's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dallis climbed just as high around 1939, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dallis's path sketches the road Quade is walking now.
Quade sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Quade is headed
Quade looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 18% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Quade beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Quade in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That one name passed through four languages into this is a first-rate history.
- The rule-and-army meaning behind Walter is transparent and strong.
- One syllable, sharp, and never mispronounced.
- It reads unmistakably as a surname.
- Quaid is the commoner spelling.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
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Frequently asked
- How many Quades are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Quade are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Quade in 2025?
- Quade ranks #2284 among US boy names in 2025, with 61 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Quade?
- About 1 in every 28,001 US boys born in 2025 was named Quade — 61 in all.
- Will my child share the name Quade with classmates?
- Quade will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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