Brad

Last seen for girls in 1987 at #6,788 · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1975 · 2,608 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · boys
83,060
since 1880

Brad over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #98, 1975boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,24924
2024#4,07226
2023#3,88328
2022#3,53332
2021#3,24236
2020#2,88641
2019#2,99340
2018#2,41754
2017#2,34555
2016#2,51850
2015#1,74088
2014#1,90776
2013#1,70986
2012#1,58899
2011#1,411117
2010#1,415117
2009#1,232145
2008#1,105166
2007#955206
2006#906214
2005#824228
2004#838212
2003#809215
2002#749231
2001#685263
2000#632289
1999#603307
1998#579338
1997#521388
1996#498419
1995#513398
1994#516383
1993#463456
1992#461471
1991#401566
1990#363649
1989#320750
1988#278834
1987#6,78810#2281,026
1986#10,9125#2161,102
1985#8,3187#2111,143
1984#9,1446#1961,237
1983#10,2755#1751,471
1982#5,91111#1631,687
1981#6,8049#1431,958
1980#5,91211#1162,371
1979#4,42016#1152,334
1978#4,45915#1232,106
1977#5,53211#1062,524
1976#3,96316#1082,438
1975#6,4848#982,608
1974#4,45913#1052,483
1973#6,0808#1371,885
1972#5,4809#1491,748
1971#4,81011#1392,164
1970#4,24613#1392,327
1969#4,41811#1452,106
1968#6,2466#1581,709
1967#6,0426#1551,771
1966#1501,896
1965#1482,091
1964#5,4747#1432,278
1963#1462,273
1962#1582,082
1961#5,3097#1422,501
1960#5,1687#1342,644
1959#1492,347
1958#1512,255
1957#1532,191
1956#1422,254
1955#5,8285#1531,877
1954#1541,846
1953#1641,650
1952#212966
1951#273615
1950#320460
1949#384307
1948#414266
1947#441230
1946#506163
1945#70973
1944#76167
1943#81765
1942#83960
1941#1,09136
1940#1,20831
1939#1,19430
1938#1,61318
1937#1,21230
1936#1,54019
1935#1,29527
1934#1,72517
1933#2,09312
1932#3,0927
1931#2,47110
1930#3,0228
1929#3,9595
1928#3,6976
1927
1926#2,9049
1925#4,1975
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1920#2,60211
1919
1918#3,7286
1917#3,9815
1916
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1914#3,2645
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1887#8196
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1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Brad was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Brad
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 177 spots since 2024 (#4,072#4,249)
  • 1,363 spots since 2020 (#2,886#4,249)
  • 2,509 spots since 2015 (#1,740#4,249)
  • Biggest jump: 252 spots in 1942 (#1,091#839)
  • Biggest drop: 150 spots in 2008 (#955#1,105)
Rise & fade · boys
95 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1975 at #98 (2,608 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 1975
  • Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1942–2007
Share of babies · boys
1 in 599
  • Highest: 1 in 599 boys born in 1975 were named Brad (0.17%)
  • Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 27.2% of all boys named Brad (22,617) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#819 (1887)#864
1890s0
1900s0
1910s16#3,264 (1914)#3,658
1920s36#2,602 (1920)#3,472
1930s178#1,194 (1939)#1,926
1940s1,298#384 (1949)#717
1950s16,461#142 (1956)#187
1960s21,351#134 (1960)#148
1970s22,617#98 (1975)#122
1980s13,579#116 (1980)#205
1990s4,375#363 (1990)#492
2000s2,169#632 (2000)#874
2010s782#1,411 (2011)#2,004
2020s187#2,886 (2020)#3,644

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Brad in 1958

boys
#151
2,255 births · 1 in 941 boys

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #151Brad2,255
More about 1958

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 941 of them was named Brad, which outranked 96.6% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brad
  1. #148Kelly2,299
  2. #148Warren2,299
  3. #150Benjamin2,257
  4. #151Brad2,255
  5. #152Gordon2,225
  6. #153Nicholas2,189
  7. #154Alvin2,180
Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. 742Wayde#1,364#622
  2. 568Maverick#1,364#796
  3. 516Darren#897#381
  4. 435Tobin#1,250#815
  5. 406Dion#928#522
Fallers
  1. 388Claud#957#1,345
  2. 349Ritchie#823#1,172
  3. 333Levon#944#1,277
  4. 320Weston#957#1,277
  5. 297Parker#925#1,222

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1958