Rad
#11,341 most common boys' name of all time · #28,975 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1948–2025
Rank among boys
#11,341
Rank overall
#28,975 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
28 of 146
All-time
214
Since 2016
98
Peak year
2023 #5,509
Best rank
#3,019 1963
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Rad first appears in 1948. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,354 |
| 2024 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,901 |
| 2023 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,509 |
| 2022 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,351 |
| 2021 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,768 |
| 2020 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,351 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,744 |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,858 |
| 2016 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,840 |
| 2014 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,821 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,926 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,998 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,017 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,256 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,684 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,393 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,229 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,815 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,295 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,278 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,344 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,921 |
| 1963 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,019 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,424 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,470 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,771 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,698 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,188 |