Bradley
#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births · #403 for boys in 2025, 794 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1979 · 6,923 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 38 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 313,008since 1880
Bradley 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 | #3,975 | 36 | #403 | 794 |
| 2024 | #3,081 | 52 | #362 | 910 |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | #359 | 908 |
| 2022 | #2,756 | 62 | #345 | 952 |
| 2021 | #2,892 | 58 | #313 | 1,074 |
| 2020 | #3,338 | 46 | #273 | 1,237 |
| 2019 | #3,043 | 53 | #253 | 1,443 |
| 2018 | #3,293 | 48 | #247 | 1,496 |
| 2017 | #3,247 | 49 | #230 | 1,649 |
| 2016 | #2,902 | 58 | #197 | 2,054 |
| 2015 | #3,211 | 51 | #173 | 2,402 |
| 2014 | #3,585 | 43 | #183 | 2,330 |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 | #176 | 2,330 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #169 | 2,300 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #177 | 2,161 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | #185 | 1,995 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | #196 | 1,951 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #201 | 1,953 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #194 | 2,075 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #188 | 2,137 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | #173 | 2,409 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | #176 | 2,308 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #165 | 2,394 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #149 | 2,645 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #145 | 2,729 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | #131 | 3,017 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | #104 | 3,576 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | #101 | 3,795 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #94 | 4,124 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 | #83 | 4,755 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 | #78 | 4,764 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | #83 | 4,678 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #73 | 5,136 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #72 | 5,098 |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | #67 | 5,723 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #65 | 6,437 |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 | #58 | 6,977 |
| 1988 | #3,306 | 29 | #57 | 7,017 |
| 1987 | #1,991 | 56 | #56 | 6,918 |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 | #54 | 7,044 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | #53 | 7,011 |
| 1984 | #1,886 | 56 | #53 | 6,567 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 | #52 | 6,738 |
| 1982 | #2,185 | 46 | #51 | 6,975 |
| 1981 | #2,265 | 44 | #50 | 6,895 |
| 1980 | #2,014 | 52 | #51 | 7,210 |
| 1979 | #2,795 | 31 | #47 | 6,923 |
| 1978 | #2,305 | 39 | #53 | 6,096 |
| 1977 | #2,515 | 34 | #49 | 6,431 |
| 1976 | #2,728 | 28 | #51 | 5,976 |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 | #52 | 5,894 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 | #58 | 5,173 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | #62 | 4,748 |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 | #61 | 4,839 |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | #58 | 5,780 |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | #47 | 6,818 |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 | #53 | 6,389 |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 | #57 | 4,804 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | #66 | 4,342 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | #68 | 4,555 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | #72 | 4,787 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #77 | 4,960 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #82 | 4,765 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #87 | 4,637 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #87 | 4,745 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #90 | 4,746 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #103 | 4,052 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #108 | 3,734 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #107 | 3,528 |
| 1956 | — | #103 | 3,519 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #107 | 3,183 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #106 | 3,240 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #118 | 2,764 |
| 1952 | — | #141 | 2,045 | |
| 1951 | — | #146 | 1,810 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #152 | 1,632 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #174 | 1,311 |
| 1948 | — | #192 | 1,029 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #221 | 830 |
| 1946 | — | #270 | 561 | |
| 1945 | — | #339 | 310 | |
| 1944 | — | #341 | 307 | |
| 1943 | — | #339 | 329 | |
| 1942 | — | #327 | 342 | |
| 1941 | — | #343 | 286 | |
| 1940 | — | #379 | 227 | |
| 1939 | — | #395 | 206 | |
| 1938 | — | #396 | 207 | |
| 1937 | — | #376 | 216 | |
| 1936 | — | #373 | 215 | |
| 1935 | — | #356 | 237 | |
| 1934 | — | #437 | 166 | |
| 1933 | — | #436 | 160 | |
| 1932 | — | #484 | 140 | |
| 1931 | — | #444 | 161 | |
| 1930 | — | #540 | 122 | |
| 1929 | — | #564 | 110 | |
| 1928 | — | #588 | 110 | |
| 1927 | — | #668 | 91 | |
| 1926 | — | #709 | 81 | |
| 1925 | — | #730 | 79 | |
| 1924 | — | #710 | 86 | |
| 1923 | — | #729 | 80 | |
| 1922 | — | #702 | 86 | |
| 1921 | — | #868 | 64 | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #691 | 86 |
| 1919 | — | #918 | 53 | |
| 1918 | — | #700 | 81 | |
| 1917 | — | #909 | 49 | |
| 1916 | — | #715 | 70 | |
| 1915 | — | #734 | 66 | |
| 1914 | — | #795 | 44 | |
| 1913 | — | #711 | 42 | |
| 1912 | — | #713 | 36 | |
| 1911 | — | #689 | 21 | |
| 1910 | — | #729 | 17 | |
| 1909 | — | #615 | 19 | |
| 1908 | — | #613 | 18 | |
| 1907 | — | #699 | 14 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #587 | 15 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #543 | 15 | |
| 1897 | — | #495 | 16 | |
| 1896 | — | #400 | 24 | |
| 1895 | — | #368 | 26 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bradley was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Bradley
- 41 spots since 2024 (#362 → #403)
- 130 spots since 2020 (#273 → #403)
- 230 spots since 2015 (#173 → #403)
- Biggest jump: 422 spots in 1904 (#1,009 → #587)
- Biggest drop: 380 spots in 1882 (#563 → #943)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1979 at #47 (6,923 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 38 yrs · run 1960–1997
- Top 1,000: 140 yrs · run 1904–2025
- Highest: 1 in 247 boys born in 1980 were named Bradley (0.40%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,151 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- Its best rank, #47 in 1979, was only 1 in 249 (0.40%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.2% of all boys named Bradley (69,352) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 42 | #563 (1881) | #776 |
| 1890s | 118 | #368 (1895) | #651 |
| 1900s | 128 | #587 (1904) | #715 |
| 1910s | 479 | #689 (1911) | #761 |
| 1920s | 873 | #564 (1929) | #696 |
| 1930s | 1,830 | #356 (1935) | #424 |
| 1940s | 5,532 | #174 (1949) | #293 |
| 1950s | 29,507 | #103 (1959) | #119 |
| 1960s | 48,730 | #53 (1969) | #74 |
| 1970s | 58,678 | #47 (1979) | #54 |
| 1980s | 69,352 | #50 (1981) | #54 |
| 1990s | 48,086 | #65 (1990) | #82 |
| 2000s | 23,618 | #131 (2000) | #172 |
| 2010s | 20,160 | #169 (2012) | #199 |
| 2020s | 5,875 | #273 (2020) | #343 |
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.
Bradley in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 55,461 of them was named Bradley, which outranked 74.3% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,427Tinamarie31
- #2,427Tresha31
- #2,427Trisa31
- #2,477Bradley30
- #2,477Amey30
- #2,477Angelyn30
- #2,477Augusta30
- #2,542Alethia29
- #2,542Andera29
- #2,542Anissia29
Tied with 64 names at #2,477; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 306 of them was named Bradley, which outranked 99.0% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.