Bradly
Last seen for girls in 1990 at #11,409 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 219 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,343since 1946
Bradly over time
Rank among boys' names. Bradly has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,904 | 15 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,936 | 19 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,699 | 15 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,813 | 15 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,240 | 35 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,249 | 35 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,883 | 27 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,231 | 35 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,116 | 65 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,139 | 62 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,049 | 67 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,886 | 74 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,652 | 94 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,755 | 87 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,445 | 114 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,477 | 108 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,289 | 129 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,257 | 125 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,309 | 113 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,190 | 124 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,098 | 133 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,049 | 139 | |
| 2000 | — | #932 | 163 | |
| 1999 | — | #922 | 160 | |
| 1998 | — | #777 | 201 | |
| 1997 | — | #741 | 203 | |
| 1996 | — | #841 | 168 | |
| 1995 | — | #782 | 189 | |
| 1994 | — | #764 | 190 | |
| 1993 | — | #743 | 197 | |
| 1992 | — | #705 | 212 | |
| 1991 | — | #705 | 206 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #635 | 254 |
| 1989 | — | #652 | 236 | |
| 1988 | — | #656 | 208 | |
| 1987 | — | #610 | 220 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #602 | 219 |
| 1985 | — | #599 | 213 | |
| 1984 | — | #631 | 184 | |
| 1983 | — | #614 | 194 | |
| 1982 | — | #583 | 219 | |
| 1981 | — | #600 | 204 | |
| 1980 | — | #589 | 214 | |
| 1979 | — | #604 | 202 | |
| 1978 | — | #663 | 159 | |
| 1977 | — | #639 | 176 | |
| 1976 | — | #643 | 164 | |
| 1975 | — | #635 | 162 | |
| 1974 | — | #674 | 146 | |
| 1973 | — | #689 | 134 | |
| 1972 | — | #676 | 141 | |
| 1971 | — | #652 | 158 | |
| 1970 | — | #593 | 187 | |
| 1969 | — | #590 | 174 | |
| 1968 | — | #689 | 120 | |
| 1967 | — | #677 | 121 | |
| 1966 | — | #773 | 89 | |
| 1965 | — | #684 | 118 | |
| 1964 | — | #692 | 124 | |
| 1963 | — | #779 | 96 | |
| 1962 | — | #791 | 93 | |
| 1961 | — | #708 | 117 | |
| 1960 | — | #730 | 111 | |
| 1959 | — | #797 | 92 | |
| 1958 | — | #883 | 73 | |
| 1957 | — | #897 | 71 | |
| 1956 | — | #954 | 61 | |
| 1955 | — | #915 | 66 | |
| 1954 | — | #996 | 56 | |
| 1953 | — | #975 | 54 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,081 | 45 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,373 | 29 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,657 | 20 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,544 | 23 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,916 | 16 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Bradly! It came in at #3,525, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1946, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bradly is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#176 · 1 in 1,514
- Kansas#276 · 1 in 2,302
- Wisconsin#290 · 1 in 3,677
- Colorado#324 · 1 in 3,014
- Michigan#379 · 1 in 4,695
Best ever in a state: #134 in South Dakota, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #176 | 12 | 1 in 1,514 |
| Kansas | #276 | 6 | 1 in 2,302 |
| Wisconsin | #290 | 8 | 1 in 3,677 |
| Colorado | #324 | 6 | 1 in 3,014 |
| Michigan | #379 | 14 | 1 in 4,695 |
| Missouri | #460 | 5 | 1 in 6,598 |
| Indiana | #497 | 5 | 1 in 7,946 |
| Illinois | #534 | 11 | 1 in 7,094 |
| Texas | #822 | 8 | 1 in 13,089 |
| California | #922 | 8 | 1 in 18,033 |
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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.
See more about Bradly
- 1,775 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #7,679)
- 1,980 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #7,679)
- 4,448 spots since 2015 (#3,231 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 106 spots in 1953 (#1,081 → #975)
- Biggest drop: 145 spots in 1999 (#777 → #922)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1982 at #583 (219 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1953–2000
- Highest: 1 in 8,087 boys born in 1990 were named Bradly (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #583 in 1982, was only 1 in 8,285 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.6% of all boys named Bradly (2,111) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 57 | #1,544 (1949) | #2,275 |
| 1950s | 567 | #797 (1959) | #1,053 |
| 1960s | 1,163 | #590 (1969) | #711 |
| 1970s | 1,629 | #593 (1970) | #647 |
| 1980s | 2,111 | #583 (1982) | #614 |
| 1990s | 1,980 | #635 (1990) | #762 |
| 2000s | 1,235 | #932 (2000) | #1,280 |
| 2010s | 509 | #1,652 (2010) | #2,926 |
| 2020s | 92 | #4,701 (2022) | #5,969 |
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.
Bradly in 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
boys
1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 11,631 of them was named Bradly, which outranked 88.3% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #683Quinn136
- #683Reed136
- #688Dusty135
- #689Bradly134
- #689Brooks134
- #689Chance134
- #689Judd134
- #694Deshawn133
- #694Jackson133
- #694Jeramy133
Tied with 4 names at #689; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.