Arad
Boy · a-RAD
Arad is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Arad mean?
Biblical place name (Tel Arad); also a Persian name
Arad is a biblical city in the Negev desert, and the name of a modern Israeli town nearby.
- Say it
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Is Arad a girl's or a boy's name?
Arad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Arad, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Arad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Arad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
How popular is Arad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Arad, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Arad in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Arad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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