Recorded 1995–2025 · United States
Vlad was most popular in 2004, when 26 American babies were given the name — ranking #8,127 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,831, with 16 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 543 people named Vlad.
Vlad first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1995, which makes it about 30 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 30 of the 31 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 543 American births named Vlad between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 536 are estimated to be alive today.
16 American babies were named Vlad in 2025, ranking #11,831 that year.
Vlad is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 16 births a year, against 22 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -27% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Vlad is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 543 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 536 Americans named Vlad are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 9 and 21. That is a narrow band: Vlad arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org