Slade Boy
How popular is Slade?
#1,054 boy name in 2025
208 baby boys were named Slade in the US in 2025, making it the 1054th most popular boy name.
Slade popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,054 for boys (▼ 7 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 208 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,168 in 2015, #1,069 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (246 boys) |
| Highest rank | #855 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Slade counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Slade family of names ranked #932 for boys in 2025 (#923 the year before), with 225 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Slade | 208 | 92% |
| Slayde | 17 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Slade is most popular
Babies named Slade per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.5 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.4 per 1,000 (35 boys)
- Alabama: 0.4 per 1,000 (43 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (34 boys)
- Utah: 0.3 per 1,000 (31 boys)
Slade by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 11 | #3,172 |
| 1950s | 38 | #2,630 |
| 1960s | 181 | #1,282 |
| 1970s | 355 | #1,313 |
| 1980s | 316 | #1,634 |
| 1990s | 700 | #1,263 |
| 2000s | 1,548 | #855 |
| 2010s | 1,765 | #984 |
| 2020s | 1,180 | #1,047 |
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Questions
- Is Slade a boy or girl name?
- Slade is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Slade were boys.
- How popular is the name Slade?
- 208 baby boys were named Slade in the US in 2025, making it the 1054th most popular boy name.
- When was Slade most popular?
- Slade peaked in 2007, when 246 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #855 in 2007.
- How many people are named Slade?
- 6,101 babies have been named Slade in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,948 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Slade most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Slade was most common in Mississippi, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.