Conrad
Conrad was given to 770 boys in 2025, #417 among boys’ names; 39,298 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 23,400 Americans named Conrad and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 11 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Conrad by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Conrad mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Conrad is “a male given name from the Germanic languages.” Its etymology gives the senses “bold, brave” (*kōnī) and “counsel” (*rād).
A variant of German Konrad, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Kōnirād, from *kōnī (“bold, brave”) + *rād (“counsel”). Cognate of Old English Cēnrēd, Dutch Koenraad and Icelandic Konráð.
/ˈkɑnɹæd/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Conrad?
#417 among boys’ names, 2025
Conrad rose from #622 in 2015 to #417 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.23 to 0.45 per 1,000.
770 babies in 2025, the peak
Conrad peaked in 2025, when 770 boys were given it, #417 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 658 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 770 | #417 | 0.45 |
| 2024 | 658 | #468 | 0.38 |
| 2023 | 551 | #536 | 0.32 |
| 2022 | 512 | #575 | 0.29 |
| 2021 | 548 | #537 | 0.31 |
| 2020 | 517 | #551 | 0.30 |
| 2019 | 541 | #526 | 0.30 |
| 2018 | 519 | #542 | 0.29 |
| 2017 | 469 | #577 | 0.25 |
| 2016 | 462 | #591 | 0.24 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 432 | #622 | 0.23 |
| 2014 | 406 | #649 | 0.21 |
| 2013 | 345 | #694 | 0.18 |
| 2012 | 314 | #738 | 0.17 |
| 2011 | 280 | #792 | 0.15 |
| 2010 | 292 | #767 | 0.15 |
| 2009 | 310 | #745 | 0.16 |
| 2008 | 294 | #755 | 0.14 |
| 2007 | 261 | #820 | 0.13 |
| 2006 | 264 | #784 | 0.13 |
| 2005 | 222 | #836 | 0.11 |
| 2004 | 254 | #737 | 0.13 |
| 2003 | 263 | #712 | 0.13 |
| 2002 | 232 | #747 | 0.12 |
| 2001 | 266 | #680 | 0.14 |
| 2000 | 248 | #707 | 0.13 |
| 1999 | 295 | #616 | 0.15 |
| 1998 | 298 | #613 | 0.16 |
| 1997 | 280 | #620 | 0.15 |
| 1996 | 244 | #672 | 0.13 |
| 1995 | 279 | #614 | 0.15 |
| 1994 | 295 | #609 | 0.15 |
| 1993 | 297 | #596 | 0.15 |
| 1992 | 276 | #621 | 0.14 |
| 1991 | 287 | #600 | 0.14 |
| 1990 | 266 | #617 | 0.13 |
| 1989 | 280 | #582 | 0.14 |
| 1988 | 268 | #566 | 0.14 |
| 1987 | 232 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1986 | 251 | #562 | 0.14 |
| 1985 | 224 | #586 | 0.12 |
| 1984 | 223 | #568 | 0.12 |
| 1983 | 212 | #580 | 0.12 |
| 1982 | 232 | #563 | 0.13 |
| 1981 | 185 | #630 | 0.10 |
| 1980 | 212 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1979 | 207 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1978 | 184 | #613 | 0.11 |
| 1977 | 178 | #634 | 0.11 |
| 1976 | 170 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1975 | 161 | #641 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 162 | #631 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 170 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1972 | 229 | #522 | 0.14 |
| 1971 | 258 | #507 | 0.15 |
| 1970 | 224 | #541 | 0.12 |
| 1969 | 223 | #523 | 0.12 |
| 1968 | 237 | #492 | 0.14 |
| 1967 | 238 | #485 | 0.14 |
| 1966 | 261 | #475 | 0.15 |
| 1965 | 226 | #506 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 252 | #497 | 0.13 |
| 1963 | 275 | #481 | 0.14 |
| 1962 | 251 | #502 | 0.12 |
| 1961 | 276 | #481 | 0.13 |
| 1960 | 281 | #474 | 0.13 |
| 1959 | 293 | #468 | 0.14 |
| 1958 | 321 | #436 | 0.15 |
| 1957 | 322 | #433 | 0.15 |
| 1956 | 347 | #406 | 0.16 |
| 1955 | 386 | #368 | 0.19 |
| 1954 | 405 | #355 | 0.20 |
| 1953 | 389 | #351 | 0.20 |
| 1952 | 396 | #345 | 0.20 |
| 1951 | 410 | #334 | 0.22 |
| 1950 | 383 | #343 | 0.21 |
| 1949 | 352 | #359 | 0.20 |
| 1948 | 416 | #328 | 0.24 |
| 1947 | 417 | #336 | 0.23 |
| 1946 | 367 | #335 | 0.23 |
| 1945 | 332 | #325 | 0.25 |
| 1944 | 361 | #316 | 0.26 |
| 1943 | 452 | #287 | 0.32 |
| 1942 | 476 | #277 | 0.34 |
| 1941 | 406 | #288 | 0.33 |
| 1940 | 377 | #289 | 0.33 |
| 1939 | 349 | #297 | 0.32 |
| 1938 | 438 | #262 | 0.39 |
| 1937 | 418 | #265 | 0.39 |
| 1936 | 434 | #257 | 0.42 |
| 1935 | 460 | #252 | 0.44 |
| 1934 | 500 | #230 | 0.48 |
| 1933 | 493 | #233 | 0.50 |
| 1932 | 523 | #229 | 0.50 |
| 1931 | 584 | #213 | 0.56 |
| 1930 | 506 | #248 | 0.46 |
| 1929 | 444 | #264 | 0.41 |
| 1928 | 438 | #271 | 0.40 |
| 1927 | 374 | #298 | 0.33 |
| 1926 | 396 | #289 | 0.36 |
| 1925 | 389 | #290 | 0.35 |
| 1924 | 387 | #292 | 0.34 |
| 1923 | 354 | #296 | 0.32 |
| 1922 | 333 | #313 | 0.31 |
| 1921 | 320 | #331 | 0.29 |
| 1920 | 300 | #336 | 0.28 |
| 1919 | 269 | #346 | 0.27 |
| 1918 | 323 | #312 | 0.32 |
| 1917 | 308 | #300 | 0.33 |
| 1916 | 353 | #271 | 0.40 |
| 1915 | 331 | #267 | 0.39 |
| 1914 | 246 | #283 | 0.38 |
| 1913 | 159 | #320 | 0.31 |
| 1912 | 133 | #327 | 0.31 |
| 1911 | 70 | #324 | 0.31 |
| 1910 | 53 | #346 | 0.27 |
| 1909 | 42 | #365 | 0.26 |
| 1908 | 38 | #374 | 0.25 |
| 1907 | 33 | #389 | 0.22 |
| 1906 | 44 | #310 | 0.33 |
| 1905 | 38 | #324 | 0.29 |
| 1904 | 23 | #444 | 0.18 |
| 1903 | 30 | #354 | 0.25 |
| 1902 | 38 | #312 | 0.31 |
| 1901 | 36 | #291 | 0.34 |
| 1900 | 41 | #338 | 0.27 |
| 1899 | 25 | #363 | 0.24 |
| 1898 | 41 | #285 | 0.33 |
| 1897 | 31 | #331 | 0.27 |
| 1896 | 42 | #284 | 0.35 |
| 1895 | 34 | #310 | 0.29 |
| 1894 | 40 | #279 | 0.35 |
| 1893 | 39 | #280 | 0.35 |
| 1892 | 43 | #274 | 0.35 |
| 1891 | 43 | #242 | 0.42 |
| 1890 | 44 | #257 | 0.40 |
| 1889 | 37 | #276 | 0.33 |
| 1888 | 44 | #270 | 0.36 |
| 1887 | 38 | #264 | 0.37 |
| 1886 | 50 | #236 | 0.45 |
| 1885 | 39 | #266 | 0.36 |
| 1884 | 49 | #245 | 0.43 |
| 1883 | 38 | #266 | 0.36 |
| 1882 | 47 | #245 | 0.41 |
| 1881 | 32 | #277 | 0.32 |
| 1880 | 41 | #262 | 0.37 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Conrad a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Conrad has been given almost only to boys: 16 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Conrad: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Conrad, and how old are they?
23,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 39,298 Americans ever recorded as Conrad. The median Conrad alive today is 32 years old; half are between 11 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 23,269 people named Conrad (52 women and girls, 23,217 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 22,154 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,440 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,230 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,940 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,850 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,300 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,680 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Conrad born?
The states with the most babies named Conrad are California, Texas and Florida, with 23% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 70 | #454 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 57 | #559 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 40 | #460 | 0.7× |
| Missouri | 36 | #200 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 34 | #325 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 27 | #403 | 1.1× |
| Colorado | 27 | #242 | 1.4× |
| Michigan | 26 | #340 | 0.9× |
| Washington | 26 | #289 | 1.2× |
| Wisconsin | 25 | #238 | 1.4× |
Where Conrad is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Conrad is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 2.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Conrad with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 44,138 babies since 1880, Conrad is the most given (89% of them). In 2025 it was given to 770 of their 845 babies (91%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Conrad
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Conrad and names like it
- Compare Conrad and KonradBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sConrad peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Conrad since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Conrad: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Conrad.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Conrad alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.