Conrad
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Conrad
Solid and intellectual, with just a touch of ruggedness thanks to that rad ending, Conrad has appeared consistently in on the US popularity charts since the 19th century. Over the years, it has been leant a literary air by the writer Joseph Conrad, a pop of rock energy by the Elvis-like character in the movie Bye, Bye, Birdie, and more recently, a serious, kind-hearted, and handsome feel by The Summer I Turned Pretty.
Derived from Old German, and meaning "brave counsel", it has been borne by a 10th century saint and a number of German kings and nobles. Lord Byron's 1814 poem, The Corsair featured an anti-hero of the name, which may have helped re-popularize it in the English speaking world in the 19th century.
One of its most well-known bearers is hotelier Conrad Hilton, great-grandfather of the Paris generation, while there have been fictive Conrads on shows like Weeds and CSI.
Conrad has been trending upwards in the US since the 2010s and a recent year saw it re-enter the Top 500 for the first time in nearly 50 years. Given to 770 boys, it may continue to rise, thanks to the 2020s TV adaptation and movie of The Summer I Turned Pretty. 2025 also saw it return to the England and Wales Top 1000.
International variants include the Italian Corrado, the German Kord, and the Dutch Coen, while the original may be pronounced as KON-rad in the US or KAWN-rat in Germany.
Conrad is also given to girls.
Pronounced KAH-nrad.
As of October 2026, Conrad ranked #417 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #213 in 1931, Nameberry popularity #99.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #649 | 406 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #622 | 432 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #591 | 462 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #577 | 469 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #542 | 519 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #526 | 541 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #551 | 517 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #537 | 548 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #575 | 512 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #538 | 550 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #469 | 654 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #417 | 770 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Conrad on lists
Famous Conrads
- Conrad IBoy
V, Kings of Germany
- Conrad Nicholson HiltonBoy
American hotelier
- Conrad ElvehjemBoy
American biochemist
- Conrad NagelBoy
American actor
- (Hans Walter) Conrad VeidtBoy
German actor
- Conrad Potter AikenBoy
American novelist
- William ConradBoy
American actor
- Robert ConradBoy
American actor
- Joseph ConradBoy
Polish,British novelist
- Conrad Stafford BainBoy
Canadian,American actor; twin brother Bonar Bain
- Charles Conrad "Chad" LoweBoy
American actor and brother of Rob Lowe
- Conrad MurrayBoy
Grenadian personal physician of Michael Jackson
- Conrad Moffat BlackBoy
Baron Black of Crossharbour, Canadian,British newspaper publisher
- Conrad AnkerBoy
American rock climber, mountaineer, and author
- Conrad Scott (b. 2015)Boy
son of American actor Reid Scott
Conrad in pop culture
- Conrad BirdieBoy
title character in musical "Bye Bye Birdie"
- Conrad FisherBoy
character in Jenny Han's "The Summer I Turned Pretty" series
- Conrad GraysonBoy
character from American TV series "Revenge"
- ConradBoy
character in Shannon Hale's "The Goose Girl"
- ConradBoy
character on TV's "The Replacements"
- Conrad ShepardBoy
character on TV's "Weeds"
- "ConradBoy
" song by Jets to Brazil
- Hermes ConradBoy
character on TV's "Futurama"
- "ConradBoy
" song by Ben Howard
- Conrad JarrettBoy
main character from movie "Ordinary People"
- Conrad EcklieBoy
character on TV's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
- Conrad HawkinsBoy
doctor on TV' "The Resident"
- Conrad RothBoy
character in Tomb Raider 2013 Reboot