Konrad

Meaning: Bold counsel
Origin: Germanic — German and Scandinavian form of Conrad

Boy's name · #2015 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Konrad reached its best rank, #1284, in 1955 and ranked #2015 in 2025. Roughly 4,100 boys have been named Konrad since 1913.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#25 in Denmark (2025) · #99 in Hungary (2025) · #104 in Poland (2025) · #125 in Norway (2025) · #183 in Austria (2025) · #471 in Sweden (2025) · #1,414 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,718 in Canada (2025) · #2,669 in France (2025) · #2,952 in England & Wales (2025) · #15,259 in Italy (2024) · #755 in Ireland (2021) and 5 more.

Famous Konrads

Konrad Adenauer — Chancellor of West Germany from 1949 to 1963 (1876–1967)
Konrad Lorenz — Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 (1903–1989)
Konrad Zuse — German computer scientist and engineer (1910–1995)
Konrad Emil Bloch — German biochemist (1912–2000)
Konrad Laimer — Austrian footballer (born 1997)
Konrad Henlein — Sudeten German politician, Gauleiter, SS-Obergruppenführer (1898–1945)
Konrad I of Masovia — High Duke of Poland from 1229 to 1232 (1187–1247)
Konrad Krajewski — Polish cardinal of the Catholic Church (born 1963)
Konrad Duden — German philologist (1829–1911)

In stories & tradition

Konrad Baumgarten — Hero of the Swiss liberation
Konrad Wolf^no — Fictional private detective in a series of novels by Willy Ustad
Konrad Sejer^no — Detective from the works of Karin Fossum

What Konrads become

Among 2,441 notable people named Konrad:

Lawyers & judges appear 2.37× more often than among typical names — e.g. Konrad Hesse, German constitutional jurist and Federal Constitutional Court judge (1919–2005).

Spellings & nicknames

Konrad is the less common spelling of Conrad — about 9% of babies given the name are written this way; Conrad itself ranked #417 in 2025.

Similar names: Conrad · Mendel · Conan · Hagen · Kolbe · Kenton

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