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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 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 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1975 at #98 (2,608 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1975
- Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1942–2007
- Highest: 1 in 599 boys born in 1975 were named Brad (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 185,340 of them was named Brad, which outranked 44.2% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,323Yevette10
- #6,323Yolunda10
- #6,323Zulay10
- #6,804Brad9
- #6,804Abeni9
- #6,804Adeola9
- #6,804Aidan9
- #7,409Aaren8
- #7,409Aarin8
- #7,409Abigael8
Tied with 604 names at #6,804; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 915 of them was named Brad, which outranked 98.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.