Slade
- Last seen for girls in 2020 at #12,142
- #1,054 for boys in 2025, 208 births
- Given to boys 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 246 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,094since 1946
Slade over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Slade has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,054 | 208 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,047 | 211 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,140 | 184 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,113 | 191 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,071 | 199 | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #1,069 | 187 |
| 2019 | — | #1,107 | 178 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,094 | 179 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,010 | 200 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,049 | 188 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,168 | 159 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,089 | 176 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,229 | 146 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,218 | 146 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,006 | 193 | |
| 2010 | — | #984 | 200 | |
| 2009 | — | #935 | 220 | |
| 2008 | — | #922 | 221 | |
| 2007 | — | #855 | 246 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,163 | 145 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,272 | 122 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,425 | 99 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,098 | 140 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,177 | 119 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,151 | 120 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,175 | 116 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,303 | 93 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,301 | 91 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,386 | 79 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,574 | 63 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,268 | 85 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,383 | 71 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,554 | 58 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,472 | 62 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,557 | 55 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,809 | 43 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,891 | 39 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,090 | 30 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,636 | 42 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,226 | 25 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,698 | 36 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,933 | 28 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,269 | 22 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,661 | 35 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,765 | 32 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,157 | 23 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,718 | 31 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,450 | 40 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,541 | 35 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,407 | 39 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,388 | 38 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,548 | 31 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,327 | 40 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,378 | 38 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,314 | 40 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,302 | 37 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,853 | 18 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,814 | 18 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,729 | 21 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,535 | 11 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
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| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five boys were named Slade! It came in at #3,173, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1950, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Slade is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Arkansas#332 · 1 in 1,259
- Mississippi#370 · 1 in 1,355
- Alabama#422 · 1 in 1,793
- Kentucky#569 · 1 in 2,934
- Kansas#590 · 1 in 2,809
Best ever in a state: #216 in South Dakota, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #332 | 10 | 1 in 1,259 |
| Mississippi | #370 | 8 | 1 in 1,355 |
| Alabama | #422 | 12 | 1 in 1,793 |
| Kentucky | #569 | 7 | 1 in 2,934 |
| Kansas | #590 | 5 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Indiana | #621 | 10 | 1 in 3,166 |
| Oklahoma | #621 | 6 | 1 in 2,947 |
| Utah | #621 | 6 | 1 in 3,277 |
| Tennessee | #672 | 10 | 1 in 3,677 |
| Georgia | #792 | 11 | 1 in 4,566 |
| Michigan | #829 | 8 | 1 in 5,024 |
| Colorado | #849 | 5 | 1 in 5,370 |
| Ohio | #855 | 9 | 1 in 5,837 |
| Texas | #915 | 27 | 1 in 6,483 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| Florida | #1,256 | 9 | 1 in 10,615 |
| California | #1,687 | 9 | 1 in 19,497 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 7 spots since 2024 (#1,047 → #1,054)
- 15 spots since 2020 (#1,069 → #1,054)
- Biggest jump: 308 spots in 2007
- Biggest drop: 67 spots in 2008
Rise & fade · boys
61 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 2007 at #855 (246 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2007–2010
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,165
- Highest: 1 in 8,165 boys born in 2024 were named Slade (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,212 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #855 in 2007, was only 1 in 8,437 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 29.0% of all boys named Slade (1,765) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 11 | #3,173 (1946) | #3,453 |
| 1950s | 38 | #2,631 (1957) | #3,151 |
| 1960s | 181 | #1,282 (1968) | #2,110 |
| 1970s | 355 | #1,314 (1970) | #1,523 |
| 1980s | 316 | #1,636 (1987) | #1,912 |
| 1990s | 700 | #1,268 (1995) | #1,461 |
| 2000s | 1,548 | #855 (2007) | #1,117 |
| 2010s | 1,765 | #984 (2010) | #1,095 |
| 2020s | 1,180 | #1,047 (2024) | #1,082 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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