Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from Old English slæd, meaning “valley.”
20062006: 145 births, rank #1,163
2007: 246 births, rank #855
2008: 221 births, rank #922
2009: 220 births, rank #935
2010: 200 births, rank #984
20112011: 193 births, rank #1,006
2012: 146 births, rank #1,218
2013: 146 births, rank #1,229
2014: 176 births, rank #1,089
2015: 159 births, rank #1,168
20162016: 188 births, rank #1,049
2017: 200 births, rank #1,010
2018: 179 births, rank #1,094
2019: 178 births, rank #1,107
2020: 187 births, rank #1,069
20212021: 199 births, rank #1,071
2022: 191 births, rank #1,113
2023: 184 births, rank #1,140
2024: 211 births, rank #1,047
20252025: 208 births, rank #1,054
Slade moved from #936 to #988 for boys between 2009 and 2010. Its highest annual birth count came in 2007, with 246 births.