Conrad
The story
Conrad joins two Old German elements, brave and counsel. Medieval German rulers carried it, and centuries later Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski placed its second half on the cover as Joseph Conrad. The Polish-born writer spent about twenty years at sea before establishing himself in English, his third language, so the maritime connection belongs to his biography rather than to a literary ranking. The US record moves across a full century: about 2,200 in the 1910s, 4,700 in the 1930s, 1,900 in the 1970s, then 4,100 in the 2010s and 3,560 so far this decade. The published series contains about 38,900 boys and 16 girls. Reference works also list Connie as an English diminutive. Conrad can be imperial, literary or familiar, and the record has made room for all three registers.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Conrad peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
84 people · the #46,608 first name in Brazil · median age 40
Among people named Conrad living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Conrad deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Conrad truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Conrad fits with your family’s names and surname.
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