Given name & surname
Chadwick
“from Chad's dairy farm”
Chadwick is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from Chad's dairy farm.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from Chad's dairy farm.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Built from Old English Ċeadda + Old Norse vík.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chadwick through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,298
- 13,276 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 714 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #4,153 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +30%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,153 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 30.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 707 in 1975. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,353 as a first name in 2020; 15,601 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chadwick’s family of names
In English usage, Chadwick has a nickname in Chad. Chadwick has a related form in Chadwic. Chadwick has a related form in Chadwik.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Chadwick
- Chadwick BosemanAmerican actor (1976–2020)
- Chad McQueenAmerican actor and racecar driver (1960–2024)
- Chad TrujilloAmerican astronomerborn 1973
- Chad MorganAustralian country music singer and guitarist (1933–2025)
- Chadwick WaltonWest Indian cricketerborn 1985
- Zach BoothAmerican soccer playerborn 2004
- Chadwick TrompAruban baseball player (born 1995)
- Chadwick Stokes UrmstonAmerican musicianborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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