Rad
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Rad by the numbers
Rad was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 1963, making it a 1960s name.
What we can tell you about Rad
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rad. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Rad
Names that are said the same way as Rad, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.