How Many People Are Named Vlad?
people named Vlad are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 636,470 people in the US has this name
Based on 543 babies named Vlad in Social Security records from 1995 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
26 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Old short form of VLADISLAV and other Slavic names beginning with the element vladeti meaning "rule". Vlad Dracula, a 15th-century prince of Wallachia, was Bram Stoker's inspiration for the name of his vampire, Count Dracula.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Vlad in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Vlad alive today is about 14 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Vlad first appears in the records in 1995 and was given most often in 2004, to 26 babies. In 2025, 16 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1995 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Vlad has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,625, in 2004. In 2025 it ranked #5,835.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,835 |
| Best rank | #3,625 (2004) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,601 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Vlad alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Vlad were born in California than in any other state: about 22 of those alive today.
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