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Konrad

Masculine · “bold counsel”

1913high 2010
#2006 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare75 boys in 2025

Konrad is bold counsel in Germanic — and the medieval Konrads were so numerous that the name became slang for a peasant, then recovered.

How old is the name Konrad?

Konrad first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Konrad alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 3,700 people named Konrad are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Konrad most popular?

Konrad peaked in 1955, reaching #1273 nationally. Today it ranks #2006, 733 places below that high. See the whole 1955 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Konrad

Konrad I was king of Germany in the tenth century and several later Konrads ruled as dukes and emperors. So many men bore it in the late Middle Ages that Kunz became a byword for an ordinary fellow. Konrad Zuse built the first programmable computer. It appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

bold counsel

From the Germanic kuoni, 'bold' or 'brave', and rad, 'counsel' or 'advice'. Both elements are ordinary in the Germanic naming stock and the compound is transparent. Konrad is the German and Polish spelling; Conrad is the English.

How the name formed

  1. kuoni rad
  2. Konrad

Related forms: Konrad · Konrad · Conrad

Pronouncing Konrad

KON-rad

Two syllables, stress on the first. German gives the r a back-of-throat sound.

Nicknames for Konrad

Moderate

KurtThe historic German short form, and a name in its own right with a large record
KunoThe older German diminutive, and a name of its own there
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1913–202594470947519132025

US babies named Konrad per year from 1913 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#12731910s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1913
Most boys named
201094 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1273reached in 1955
Change vs 2023
+7.1%75 in 2025, from 70
Konrad sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2010, with 94 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Konrad in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Konrad in German — same name
  • Konrad in Polish — same name
  • Conrad in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Illinois.

Konrads among us

3,700

people named Konrad are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 22,774 born in 2025 was named Konrad

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Konrad

#2006
Konrad on the 2025 chart
#359
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Konrad went to 75 boys in 2025, but Conrad is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 845, which makes it the 359th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,647 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 2,021 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 22,774 for Konrad itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Jakie test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Konrad's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jakie climbed just as high around 1935, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jakie's path sketches the road Konrad is walking now.

40%chance Konrad will feel dated by 2040
Konrad, aligned on its peakJakie· peak 1935not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsJakie · #10667Konrad today
Konrad today is about where Jakie stood in 2005 — 70 years past a #1273-sized peak. Within 15 years, Jakie had drifted out of the mainstream charts.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Konrad sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Konrad is headed

19132030

US babies named Konrad per year, 1913 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Konrad should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+5% by 2030projected around #2,036 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Konrad beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Konrad in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Konradthis name75#2006Esdras75#2006Fenix75#2006Rogan75#2006Brentley75#2006

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The bold-counsel meaning is transparent and strong.
  • Kurt and Kuno are two short forms, both real names in their own right.
  • It is standard in German, Polish, Czech and Scandinavian naming.
What to consider
  • Conrad is the standard English spelling.
  • Konrad Zuse aside, it reads as strongly period-German.
  • The K spelling will be corrected by other people.

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Frequently asked

How many Konrads are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,700 people named Konrad are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Konrad?
Konrad is one of 2 recorded spellings. Conrad is the more common one — 770 births in 2025 against 75 for Konrad.
How popular is the name Konrad in 2025?
Konrad ranks #2006 among US boy names in 2025, with 75 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Konrad?
About 1 in every 22,774 US boys born in 2025 was named Konrad — 75 in all.
Will my child share the name Konrad with classmates?
Konrad will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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