Rad — #6873 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rad

The Social Security Administration has registered 205 babies named Rad between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rad currently holds the #6873 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rad performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Rad shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rad in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rad in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 205 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.