Boy’s name · Germanic, German

Konrad

How to say it: KAHN-rad · /ˈkɑnræd/

From Old High German kuoni-rat 'bold counsel' - German form of Conrad, borne by kings and saints.

Konrad was the 386th most popular boys’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 75 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 2010s, its births are up about 66% in ten years, and it is projected to rise to #334 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · Insee 2025 data, published July 2026 · How we compute these figures

#386for boys in 2025
1 in 3,923US babies
75born in 2025
#334projected for 2030
2010sits peak decade
1 in 164chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Konrad
Rank among boys’ names, 2025#386
Babies born in 202575
Share of births1 in 3,923
Peak decade2010s
Change over 10 years+66%
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#334
In France, 2025#1,110 among boys’ names, 10 births

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Konrad peaked in the 2010s.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 44 per million births, 2010s.

What goes with it

Nicknames

  • Kon
  • Rad

Honouring a Konrad in the family

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Konrad is about 1 in 164.

Around the world

This spelling is used in Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish.

In France: #1,110 for boys in 2025.

Famous people named Konrad

  • Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967)German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU
  • Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989)Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973
  • Konrad Zuse (1910–1995)German computer scientist and engineer

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