# Vlad (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vlad/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /vlæd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 543 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 543 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 724, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Common Romanian male given name, sometimes used as a short form of Vladimir, but more commonly a hypocorism of Vladislav. It is also found as Czech and Slovak surname.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 4,970 |
| 2012 | 24 | 4,239 |
| 2013 | 22 | 4,454 |
| 2014 | 25 | 4,126 |
| 2015 | 19 | 5,047 |
| 2016 | 26 | 4,088 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,284 |
| 2018 | 21 | 4,727 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,388 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5,683 |
| 2021 | 23 | 4,486 |
| 2022 | 16 | 5,851 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,269 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,802 |
| 2025 | 16 | 5,837 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2015 | 31 | 950 |
| 2016 | 42 | 774 |
| 2017 | 42 | 786 |
| 2018 | 51 | 675 |
| 2019 | 82 | 487 |
| 2020 | 99 | 410 |
| 2021 | 93 | 446 |
| 2022 | 57 | 626 |
| 2023 | 59 | 608 |
| 2024 | 43 | 785 |
| 2025 | 47 | 735 |

## People named Vlad

- Vlad the Impaler, 15th-century ruler of Wallachia
- Vlad Van Mechelen, Belgian cyclist
- Vlad Achim, footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.