Rad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAD
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Rad is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
Where does Rad come from?
Short form of names like Conrad or Radomir, or the slang word rad
Is Rad a girl's or a boy's name?
Rad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Rad, making it the 8,239th 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 1948.
2025 had fewer boys named Rad than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Rad in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
Names like Rad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Muhammad Musa Zahir Fahad Ahmad Zamir Khaza Ahad Saif Zayan Azir
Names related to Rad
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, “Rad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rad, updated 20 October 2026.