Slade is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2007 and remains in steady use.
Slade is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,055 for boy births in the United States (and #2,153 across all names), given to 208 babies. Slade first appears in 1946 and peaked in 2007 (246 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 208 | 208 | — | #1,055 |
| 2024 | 211 | 211 | — | #1,048 |
| 2023 | 184 | 184 | — | #1,142 |
| 2022 | 191 | 191 | — | #1,117 |
| 2021 | 199 | 199 | — | #1,074 |
| 2020 | 194 | 194 | #13,302 | #1,073 |
| 2019 | 178 | 178 | — | #1,110 |
| 2018 | 179 | 179 | — | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 200 | 200 | — | #1,015 |
| 2016 | 188 | 188 | — | #1,054 |
| 2015 | 159 | 159 | — | #1,172 |
| 2014 | 176 | 176 | — | #1,092 |
| 2013 | 146 | 146 | — | #1,232 |
| 2012 | 146 | 146 | — | #1,221 |
| 2011 | 193 | 193 | — | #1,007 |
| 2010 | 200 | 200 | — | #988 |
| 2009 | 220 | 220 | — | #936 |
| 2008 | 221 | 221 | — | #923 |
| 2007 | 246 | 246 | — | #855 |
| 2006 | 145 | 145 | — | #1,169 |
| 2005 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,276 |
| 2004 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,434 |
| 2003 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,102 |
| 2002 | 119 | 119 | — | #1,183 |
| 2001 | 120 | 120 | — | #1,158 |
| 2000 | 116 | 116 | — | #1,186 |
| 1999 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,309 |
| 1998 | 91 | 91 | — | #1,317 |
| 1997 | 79 | — | — | #1,397 |
| 1996 | 63 | — | — | #1,585 |
| 1995 | 85 | — | — | #1,273 |
| 1994 | 71 | — | — | #1,397 |
| 1993 | 58 | — | — | #1,576 |
| 1992 | 62 | — | — | #1,488 |
| 1991 | 55 | — | — | #1,571 |
| 1990 | 43 | — | — | #1,835 |
| 1989 | 39 | — | — | #1,916 |
| 1988 | 30 | — | — | #2,132 |
| 1987 | 42 | — | — | #1,653 |
| 1986 | 25 | — | — | #2,278 |
| 1985 | 36 | — | — | #1,721 |
| 1984 | 28 | — | — | #1,972 |
| 1983 | 27 | — | — | #2,010 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | — | #2,329 |
| 1981 | 35 | — | — | #1,687 |
| 1980 | 32 | — | — | #1,801 |
| 1979 | 23 | — | — | #2,225 |
| 1978 | 31 | — | — | #1,754 |
| 1977 | 40 | — | — | #1,471 |
| 1976 | 35 | — | — | #1,566 |
| 1975 | 39 | — | — | #1,425 |
| 1974 | 38 | — | — | #1,405 |
| 1973 | 31 | — | — | #1,582 |
| 1972 | 40 | — | — | #1,344 |
| 1971 | 38 | — | — | #1,396 |
| 1970 | 40 | — | — | #1,333 |
| 1969 | 37 | — | — | #1,320 |
| 1968 | 35 | — | — | #1,311 |
| 1967 | 18 | — | — | #1,895 |
| 1966 | 18 | — | — | #1,882 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | — | #2,756 |
| 1964 | 21 | — | — | #1,788 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | — | #2,515 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | — | #3,015 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | — | #2,880 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | — | #2,667 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | — | #2,798 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | — | #4,433 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | — | #2,806 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | — | #3,767 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | — | #3,322 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | — | #4,196 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | — | #3,482 |