How rare is the name Slade?

4,541 people in the United States have the first name Slade, about 1 in 66,512. It ranks #4,200 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SLADE

#4,200

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,541
About
1 in 66,512
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,541 people named Slade, 85.6% reported their origin as White, 6% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% as two or more races. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Slade peaked in 2007, when 246 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
246
In 2025*
208 ▼15%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,101 babies have been given the name since 1946. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Slade by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,255. The largest share of babies named Slade, 39.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#10,74511
1950s#8,90038
1960s#4,636181
1970s#3,646355
1980s#4,662316
1990s#3,394700
2000s#2,4511,548
2010s#2,4011,765
2020s#2,2551,187
Baby boom 1946–641.8%
Generation X 1965–808.3%
Millennials 1981–9611.8%
Generation Z 1997–1238.5%
2013 and later39.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Slade is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Slade has been most common in Utah (4.2×), Louisiana (4.2×), and Texas (3.7×), and least common in New York (0.14×).

3,282 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Slade

1 other first name also has 4,541 people.

#4,200 Clive · 4,541

Either side of Slade

#4,199 Yves · 4,543#4,200 Clive · 4,541#4,202 Gavyn · 4,539#4,203 Remedios · 4,536

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Slade, most common first.

#16,936 Slate · 659#33,297 Slayde · 249

Also a last name

As a last name, Slade ranks #2,868 of 156,621, with 12,257 people. See Slade as a last name

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