Alucard
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-oo-kard
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Alucard is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Alucard mean?
Modern: Dracula spelled backwards
Count Alucard first appeared in the 1943 film Son of Dracula and later in Castlevania and Hellsing.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alucard a girl's or a boy's name?
Alucard is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alucard in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Alucard, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
2025 had fewer boys named Alucard than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Alucard in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alucard in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
Nicknames for Alucard
- Al 19 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alucard
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago Ares Aziel Azriel Atreus Santiel Luca Yadiel Ario Apollo Alessio Jayceon
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alucard: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alucard, updated 20 October 2026.