Raad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAH-ad
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Raad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “thunder”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Raad mean?
Arabic: from ra'd
“thunder”
Al-Ra'd, 'The Thunder', is the title of the thirteenth sura of the Qur'an.
Is Raad a girl's or a boy's name?
Raad 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 Raad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Raad, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Raad in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Raad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Zahir Muhammad Hamza Musa Zayan Zamir Ahmir Ahmad Asaad Fahad Ziyad
Names related to Raad
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Raad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raad, updated 20 October 2026.