Slade
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SLAYD
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,054 for boys
Slade is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “valley; dell”. In 2025 it ranked 1,054th for boys in the US (208 babies).
What does Slade mean?
English: English surname, from Old English slæd
“valley; dell”
A topographic surname for someone who lived in a small valley.
Is Slade a girl's or a boy's name?
Slade is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 208 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Slade in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,054among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 208about 1 in 8,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 208 boys in the US were named Slade, making it the 1,054th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,069th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 246 boys. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the boys named Slade in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 225 boys in the US were given Slade or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #927, up from #1,054 for this spelling alone.
- Slade 208
- Slayde 17
Slade in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 208 | #1,054 |
| 2024 | 211 | #1,047 |
| 2023 | 184 | #1,140 |
| 2022 | 191 | #1,113 |
| 2021 | 199 | #1,071 |
| 2020 | 187 | #1,069 |
| 2019 | 178 | #1,107 |
| 2018 | 179 | #1,094 |
| 2017 | 200 | #1,010 |
| 2016 | 188 | #1,049 |
| 2015 | 159 | #1,168 |
| 2014 | 176 | #1,089 |
| 2013 | 146 | #1,229 |
| 2012 | 146 | #1,218 |
| 2011 | 193 | #1,006 |
| 2010 | 200 | #984 |
| 2009 | 220 | #935 |
| 2008 | 221 | #922 |
| 2007 | 246 | #855 |
| 2006 | 145 | #1,163 |
| 2005 | 122 | #1,271 |
| 2004 | 99 | #1,423 |
| 2003 | 140 | #1,097 |
| 2002 | 119 | #1,175 |
| 2001 | 120 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 116 | #1,173 |
| 1999 | 93 | #1,300 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,298 |
| 1997 | 79 | #1,383 |
| 1996 | 63 | #1,571 |
| 1995 | 85 | #1,263 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,379 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,549 |
| 1992 | 62 | #1,467 |
| 1991 | 55 | #1,551 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,804 |
| 1989 | 39 | #1,886 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 42 | #1,634 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 36 | #1,697 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,932 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 35 | #1,660 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 40 | #1,450 |
| 1976 | 35 | #1,540 |
| 1975 | 39 | #1,407 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,388 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,548 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,327 |
| 1971 | 38 | #1,378 |
| 1970 | 40 | #1,313 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
Names like Slade
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sage Cade Chance Tate Kobe Case Chase Blaze Cole Ridge Trace Sincere
Other spellings of Slade
More English names
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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, “Slade: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/slade, updated 20 October 2026.