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 yrof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 83,060since 1880
Brad over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,249 | 24 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,072 | 26 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,883 | 28 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,533 | 32 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,242 | 36 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,886 | 41 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,993 | 40 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,417 | 54 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,345 | 55 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,518 | 50 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,740 | 88 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,907 | 76 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,709 | 86 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,588 | 99 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,411 | 117 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,415 | 117 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,232 | 145 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,105 | 166 | |
| 2007 | — | #955 | 206 | |
| 2006 | — | #906 | 214 | |
| 2005 | — | #824 | 228 | |
| 2004 | — | #838 | 212 | |
| 2003 | — | #809 | 215 | |
| 2002 | — | #749 | 231 | |
| 2001 | — | #685 | 263 | |
| 2000 | — | #632 | 289 | |
| 1999 | — | #603 | 307 | |
| 1998 | — | #579 | 338 | |
| 1997 | — | #521 | 388 | |
| 1996 | — | #498 | 419 | |
| 1995 | — | #513 | 398 | |
| 1994 | — | #516 | 383 | |
| 1993 | — | #463 | 456 | |
| 1992 | — | #461 | 471 | |
| 1991 | — | #401 | 566 | |
| 1990 | — | #363 | 649 | |
| 1989 | — | #320 | 750 | |
| 1988 | — | #278 | 834 | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #228 | 1,026 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #216 | 1,102 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #211 | 1,143 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #196 | 1,237 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #175 | 1,471 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #163 | 1,687 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #143 | 1,958 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #116 | 2,371 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | #115 | 2,334 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | #123 | 2,106 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #106 | 2,524 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | #108 | 2,438 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #98 | 2,608 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #105 | 2,483 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #137 | 1,885 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #149 | 1,748 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #139 | 2,164 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #139 | 2,327 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #145 | 2,106 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #158 | 1,709 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #155 | 1,771 |
| 1966 | — | #150 | 1,896 | |
| 1965 | — | #148 | 2,091 | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #143 | 2,278 |
| 1963 | — | #146 | 2,273 | |
| 1962 | — | #158 | 2,082 | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #142 | 2,501 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #134 | 2,644 |
| 1959 | — | #149 | 2,347 | |
| 1958 | — | #151 | 2,255 | |
| 1957 | — | #153 | 2,191 | |
| 1956 | — | #142 | 2,254 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #153 | 1,877 |
| 1954 | — | #154 | 1,846 | |
| 1953 | — | #164 | 1,650 | |
| 1952 | — | #212 | 966 | |
| 1951 | — | #273 | 615 | |
| 1950 | — | #320 | 460 | |
| 1949 | — | #384 | 307 | |
| 1948 | — | #414 | 266 | |
| 1947 | — | #441 | 230 | |
| 1946 | — | #506 | 163 | |
| 1945 | — | #709 | 73 | |
| 1944 | — | #761 | 67 | |
| 1943 | — | #817 | 65 | |
| 1942 | — | #839 | 60 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,091 | 36 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,208 | 31 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,194 | 30 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,613 | 18 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,212 | 30 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,540 | 19 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,295 | 27 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,725 | 17 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
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| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
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| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
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| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
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| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
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.
Where Brad is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Utah#30 · 1 in 129
- Wyoming#49 · 1 in 185
- Idaho#60 · 1 in 217
- Kansas#63 · 1 in 273
- South Dakota#65 · 1 in 290
Best ever in a state: #28 in Utah, 1960.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #30 | 92 | 1 in 129 |
| Wyoming | #49 | 18 | 1 in 185 |
| Idaho | #60 | 35 | 1 in 217 |
| Kansas | #63 | 87 | 1 in 273 |
| South Dakota | #65 | 28 | 1 in 290 |
| Minnesota | #73 | 114 | 1 in 371 |
| Oregon | #76 | 57 | 1 in 301 |
| Montana | #77 | 24 | 1 in 325 |
| Washington | #77 | 100 | 1 in 315 |
| Nebraska | #82 | 43 | 1 in 376 |
| Iowa | #84 | 68 | 1 in 456 |
| North Dakota | #90 | 17 | 1 in 445 |
| Oklahoma | #95 | 53 | 1 in 453 |
| Indiana | #102 | 98 | 1 in 559 |
| Wisconsin | #102 | 67 | 1 in 710 |
| Michigan | #109 | 148 | 1 in 652 |
| Colorado | #111 | 42 | 1 in 507 |
| Nevada | #117 | 5 | 1 in 547 |
| Illinois | #121 | 171 | 1 in 680 |
| California | #126 | 288 | 1 in 624 |
| Missouri | #130 | 68 | 1 in 724 |
| Ohio | #130 | 134 | 1 in 846 |
| Pennsylvania | #150 | 91 | 1 in 1,338 |
| Connecticut | #159 | 17 | 1 in 1,567 |
| Arizona | #162 | 21 | 1 in 769 |
| Massachusetts | #171 | 23 | 1 in 2,453 |
| Texas | #199 | 113 | 1 in 1,090 |
| West Virginia | #216 | 11 | 1 in 1,825 |
| New Jersey | #220 | 26 | 1 in 2,359 |
| Arkansas | #228 | 12 | 1 in 1,632 |
| New York | #234 | 84 | 1 in 2,154 |
| Florida | #241 | 31 | 1 in 1,732 |
| Louisiana | #244 | 27 | 1 in 1,579 |
| District of Columbia | #254 | 6 | 1 in 2,477 |
| Mississippi | #275 | 13 | 1 in 2,130 |
| Virginia | #275 | 17 | 1 in 2,541 |
| Kentucky | #282 | 12 | 1 in 3,015 |
| New Mexico | #301 | 6 | 1 in 2,222 |
| Georgia | #325 | 16 | 1 in 2,998 |
| North Carolina | #346 | 14 | 1 in 3,760 |
| Tennessee | #353 | 9 | 1 in 4,429 |
| South Carolina | #356 | 7 | 1 in 4,084 |
| Maryland | #370 | 6 | 1 in 5,476 |
| Alabama | #392 | 8 | 1 in 4,807 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #819 (1887) | #864 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 16 | #3,264 (1914) | #3,658 |
| 1920s | 36 | #2,602 (1920) | #3,472 |
| 1930s | 178 | #1,194 (1939) | #1,926 |
| 1940s | 1,298 | #384 (1949) | #717 |
| 1950s | 16,461 | #142 (1956) | #187 |
| 1960s | 21,351 | #134 (1960) | #148 |
| 1970s | 22,617 | #98 (1975) | #122 |
| 1980s | 13,579 | #116 (1980) | #205 |
| 1990s | 4,375 | #363 (1990) | #492 |
| 2000s | 2,169 | #632 (2000) | #874 |
| 2010s | 782 | #1,411 (2011) | #2,004 |
| 2020s | 187 | #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 1959
boys
#149
2,347 births · 1 in 909 boys
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 909 of them was named Brad, which outranked 96.7% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Brad
Biggest movers since 1958
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Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.