Vlad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VLAD
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #790 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Vlad is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “rule”. In 2025 it ranked 790th for boys in the UK (47 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Vlad mean?
Slavic: short form of Vladimir or Vladislav
“rule”
A short form of names such as Vladimir and Vladislav; Vlad the Impaler was a 15th-century prince of Wallachia.
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Is Vlad a girl's or a boy's name?
Vlad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vlad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 790th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 6,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the UK were named Vlad, making it the 790th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 441st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 101 boys.
Half of all the boys named Vlad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 735th in England and Wales.
Vlad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #790 |
| 2024 | 43 | #838 |
| 2023 | 63 | #639 |
| 2022 | 59 | #667 |
| 2021 | 94 | #480 |
| 2020 | 101 | #441 |
| 2019 | 82 | #529 |
| 2018 | 53 | #720 |
| 2017 | 44 | #829 |
| 2016 | 42 | #838 |
| 2015 | 34 | #964 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
How popular is Vlad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Vlad, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Vlad in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vlad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
Names like Vlad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Luca, Zayd, Yahya, Cruz, Musa, Ved, River, Syed, Ayaan, Zayn, Bodhi
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Lilyana, Yuri, Milah
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Vlad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vlad, updated 20 October 2026.