Vlad is a distinctive choice, ranked #735 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Vlad in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#735
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About the Name Vlad
Vlad has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 375 places in five years. It was most popular in 2020 at #410 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2004.
Vlad is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Vlad in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Vlad
Vlad Stashevsky — Vlad Stashevsky, real name Vladislav Stanislavovich Tverdohlebov (Russian: Владислав Станиславович Твердохлебов), is a Russian pop singer.
Vlad Dragomir — Vlad Mihai Dragomir is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Pafos and the Romania national team.
Vlad Tenev — Vladimir Tenev is an American entrepreneur who is most notably the co-founder (with Baiju Bhatt), Chairman, and CEO of Robinhood, a US-based financial technology services company.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Vlad
Unlikely. With around 47 UK babies named Vlad per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Vlad in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Vlad is declining: down 325 places since 2020, to #735 in 2025. It peaked at #410 in 2020.
Vlad is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Vlad include: Vlad Stashevsky, Vlad Dragomir and Vlad Tenev. Short summaries for each appear below.
Vlad does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Vlads in the wild.
47
UK babies named Vlad (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 325 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Vlad
Almost certainly the only Vlad in the class
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UK Popularity (2004–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Vlad
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Vlad Mihai Dragomir is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Pafos and the Romania national team.
Vladimir Tenev is an American entrepreneur who is most notably the co-founder (with Baiju Bhatt), Chairman, and CEO of Robinhood, a US-based financial technology services company.
Vladislav Andreyevich Bumaga (Russian: Владислав Андреевич Бумага) or Uladzislau Andreyevich Bumaha, known online as Vlad A4 (Russian: Влад А4) or A4, is a Belarusian and Russian YouTuber owner of the YouTube channel A4 and A5.
Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș [ˈvlad ˈtsepeʃ]) or Vlad Dracula ( DRAK-yuu-lə, -yə-; Romanian: Vlad Drăculea [ˈdrəkule̯a]), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death.