Bradford
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · #3,513 for boys in 2025, 32 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1953 · 779 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 32,075since 1880
Bradford over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Bradford has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #3,513 | 32 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,958 | 42 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,660 | 49 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,962 | 42 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,623 | 49 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,546 | 50 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,656 | 48 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,101 | 67 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,014 | 70 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,066 | 68 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,169 | 63 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,884 | 77 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,090 | 64 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,818 | 81 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,905 | 73 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,850 | 78 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,889 | 76 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,291 | 57 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,576 | 99 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,551 | 95 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,485 | 97 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,425 | 99 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,341 | 102 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,139 | 125 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,283 | 103 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,128 | 123 | |
| 1999 | — | #956 | 151 | |
| 1998 | — | #833 | 176 | |
| 1997 | — | #821 | 177 | |
| 1996 | — | #727 | 211 | |
| 1995 | — | #727 | 216 | |
| 1994 | — | #665 | 243 | |
| 1993 | — | #630 | 267 | |
| 1992 | — | #627 | 270 | |
| 1991 | — | #614 | 277 | |
| 1990 | — | #580 | 304 | |
| 1989 | — | #508 | 353 | |
| 1988 | — | #479 | 368 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #416 | 441 |
| 1986 | — | #437 | 387 | |
| 1985 | — | #398 | 453 | |
| 1984 | — | #372 | 473 | |
| 1983 | — | #365 | 480 | |
| 1982 | — | #335 | 561 | |
| 1981 | — | #319 | 599 | |
| 1980 | — | #308 | 630 | |
| 1979 | — | #314 | 614 | |
| 1978 | — | #301 | 599 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #312 | 603 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #301 | 593 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #323 | 555 |
| 1974 | — | #305 | 602 | |
| 1973 | — | #343 | 494 | |
| 1972 | — | #357 | 469 | |
| 1971 | — | #328 | 569 | |
| 1970 | — | #318 | 612 | |
| 1969 | — | #311 | 601 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #330 | 535 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #315 | 558 |
| 1966 | — | #328 | 525 | |
| 1965 | — | #316 | 581 | |
| 1964 | — | #317 | 602 | |
| 1963 | — | #320 | 611 | |
| 1962 | — | #338 | 535 | |
| 1961 | — | #327 | 579 | |
| 1960 | — | #298 | 667 | |
| 1959 | — | #310 | 619 | |
| 1958 | — | #304 | 620 | |
| 1957 | — | #284 | 675 | |
| 1956 | — | #273 | 720 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #267 | 700 |
| 1954 | — | #249 | 773 | |
| 1953 | — | #240 | 779 | |
| 1952 | — | #269 | 656 | |
| 1951 | — | #285 | 575 | |
| 1950 | — | #275 | 576 | |
| 1949 | — | #305 | 496 | |
| 1948 | — | #347 | 376 | |
| 1947 | — | #380 | 327 | |
| 1946 | — | #402 | 251 | |
| 1945 | — | #440 | 184 | |
| 1944 | — | #442 | 191 | |
| 1943 | — | #470 | 173 | |
| 1942 | — | #486 | 159 | |
| 1941 | — | #506 | 135 | |
| 1940 | — | #517 | 126 | |
| 1939 | — | #500 | 128 | |
| 1938 | — | #565 | 107 | |
| 1937 | — | #504 | 130 | |
| 1936 | — | #572 | 102 | |
| 1935 | — | #605 | 92 | |
| 1934 | — | #601 | 96 | |
| 1933 | — | #637 | 82 | |
| 1932 | — | #657 | 86 | |
| 1931 | — | #633 | 87 | |
| 1930 | — | #662 | 88 | |
| 1929 | — | #668 | 84 | |
| 1928 | — | #685 | 85 | |
| 1927 | — | #647 | 96 | |
| 1926 | — | #637 | 98 | |
| 1925 | — | #755 | 76 | |
| 1924 | — | #771 | 76 | |
| 1923 | — | #769 | 73 | |
| 1922 | — | #794 | 71 | |
| 1921 | — | #707 | 85 | |
| 1920 | — | #766 | 74 | |
| 1919 | — | #777 | 69 | |
| 1918 | — | #780 | 70 | |
| 1917 | — | #723 | 72 | |
| 1916 | — | #698 | 72 | |
| 1915 | — | #705 | 69 | |
| 1914 | — | #745 | 50 | |
| 1913 | — | #759 | 38 | |
| 1912 | — | #635 | 43 | |
| 1911 | — | #667 | 22 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #741 | 11 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bradford was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bradford is popular in 1978
- 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
- Rhode Island#78 · 1 in 512
- New Hampshire#94 · 1 in 547
- Massachusetts#121 · 1 in 975
- North Carolina#172 · 1 in 1,062
- Kentucky#186 · 1 in 1,517
Best ever in a state: #73 in Rhode Island, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #78 | 10 | 1 in 512 |
| New Hampshire | #94 | 10 | 1 in 547 |
| Massachusetts | #121 | 34 | 1 in 975 |
| North Carolina | #172 | 35 | 1 in 1,062 |
| Kentucky | #186 | 18 | 1 in 1,517 |
| West Virginia | #189 | 8 | 1 in 1,708 |
| Virginia | #193 | 23 | 1 in 1,392 |
| Georgia | #194 | 31 | 1 in 1,218 |
| Connecticut | #199 | 10 | 1 in 1,645 |
| Mississippi | #205 | 16 | 1 in 1,154 |
| Utah | #208 | 10 | 1 in 1,787 |
| South Carolina | #218 | 15 | 1 in 1,364 |
| Tennessee | #218 | 19 | 1 in 1,681 |
| Maryland | #221 | 12 | 1 in 1,779 |
| Michigan | #234 | 28 | 1 in 2,295 |
| Kansas | #250 | 7 | 1 in 2,226 |
| New Jersey | #255 | 19 | 1 in 2,178 |
| Pennsylvania | #261 | 23 | 1 in 3,190 |
| Ohio | #272 | 25 | 1 in 3,083 |
| Minnesota | #275 | 8 | 1 in 3,683 |
| Missouri | #278 | 12 | 1 in 2,914 |
| Indiana | #285 | 12 | 1 in 3,275 |
| Louisiana | #285 | 18 | 1 in 1,836 |
| New Mexico | #290 | 6 | 1 in 1,682 |
| Colorado | #291 | 8 | 1 in 2,516 |
| Wisconsin | #320 | 7 | 1 in 4,590 |
| Washington | #352 | 7 | 1 in 3,825 |
| Florida | #365 | 16 | 1 in 3,188 |
| New York | #376 | 28 | 1 in 3,938 |
| California | #401 | 44 | 1 in 3,839 |
| Alabama | #416 | 6 | 1 in 4,300 |
| Illinois | #428 | 16 | 1 in 4,962 |
| Texas | #480 | 25 | 1 in 4,605 |
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| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 555 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #3,513)
- 967 spots since 2020 (#2,546 → #3,513)
- 1,344 spots since 2015 (#2,169 → #3,513)
- Biggest jump: 526 spots in 1911 (#1,193 → #667)
- Biggest drop: 512 spots in 1906 (#741 → #1,253)
Rise & fade · boys
73 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1953 at #240 (779 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 33 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 104 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1911–1999
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,532
- Highest: 1 in 2,532 boys born in 1953 were named Bradford (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 53,377 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 20.9% of all boys named Bradford (6,693) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 20 | #909 (1880) | #963 |
| 1890s | 59 | #592 (1896) | #797 |
| 1900s | 86 | #699 (1900) | #876 |
| 1910s | 513 | #635 (1912) | #768 |
| 1920s | 818 | #637 (1926) | #720 |
| 1930s | 998 | #500 (1939) | #594 |
| 1940s | 2,418 | #305 (1949) | #430 |
| 1950s | 6,693 | #240 (1953) | #276 |
| 1960s | 5,794 | #298 (1960) | #320 |
| 1970s | 5,710 | #301 (1978) | #320 |
| 1980s | 4,745 | #308 (1980) | #394 |
| 1990s | 2,292 | #580 (1990) | #718 |
| 2000s | 976 | #1,128 (2000) | #1,511 |
| 2010s | 689 | #1,818 (2012) | #2,055 |
| 2020s | 264 | #2,546 (2020) | #2,877 |
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.
Bradford in 1978
boys
#301
599 births · 1 in 2,741 boys
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 2,741 of them was named Bradford, which outranked 95.5% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Bradford
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.