Brady
#3,100 for girls in 2025, 52 births · #321 for boys in 2025, 1,071 births
Given to boys 97.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 4,951 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 96,770since 1883
Brady 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 | #3,100 | 52 | #321 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | #3,639 | 42 | #309 | 1,102 |
| 2023 | #3,763 | 40 | #323 | 1,034 |
| 2022 | #3,470 | 45 | #282 | 1,223 |
| 2021 | #2,638 | 65 | #272 | 1,278 |
| 2020 | #3,141 | 50 | #304 | 1,089 |
| 2019 | #3,665 | 41 | #274 | 1,304 |
| 2018 | #3,107 | 52 | #261 | 1,383 |
| 2017 | #2,779 | 61 | #226 | 1,689 |
| 2016 | #3,707 | 41 | #222 | 1,753 |
| 2015 | #4,069 | 36 | #199 | 2,032 |
| 2014 | #4,003 | 37 | #195 | 2,093 |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 | #175 | 2,332 |
| 2012 | #3,711 | 42 | #136 | 2,860 |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 | #135 | 3,045 |
| 2010 | #4,608 | 31 | #126 | 3,236 |
| 2009 | #3,361 | 49 | #110 | 3,741 |
| 2008 | #3,120 | 54 | #94 | 4,815 |
| 2007 | #2,822 | 64 | #93 | 4,951 |
| 2006 | #2,757 | 64 | #106 | 4,086 |
| 2005 | #3,509 | 42 | #110 | 3,781 |
| 2004 | #3,071 | 50 | #122 | 3,369 |
| 2003 | #3,412 | 42 | #142 | 2,865 |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | #147 | 2,659 |
| 2001 | #3,417 | 39 | #174 | 2,153 |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 | #189 | 1,884 |
| 1999 | #3,048 | 43 | #184 | 1,887 |
| 1998 | #3,068 | 41 | #163 | 2,095 |
| 1997 | #2,874 | 42 | #159 | 2,162 |
| 1996 | #2,966 | 40 | #176 | 1,915 |
| 1995 | #2,516 | 50 | #188 | 1,679 |
| 1994 | #2,935 | 40 | #173 | 1,848 |
| 1993 | #2,882 | 41 | #174 | 1,839 |
| 1992 | #3,267 | 34 | #238 | 1,204 |
| 1991 | #3,301 | 33 | #320 | 805 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | #315 | 797 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | #291 | 843 |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 | #246 | 952 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 | #255 | 877 |
| 1986 | #2,564 | 38 | #251 | 894 |
| 1985 | #2,283 | 44 | #248 | 915 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 | #291 | 699 |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 | #351 | 505 |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 | #334 | 572 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | #332 | 559 |
| 1980 | #2,603 | 36 | #340 | 541 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | #365 | 479 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 | #364 | 443 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #397 | 390 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 | #385 | 399 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | #358 | 466 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #350 | 479 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | #358 | 467 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #369 | 453 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #372 | 470 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #357 | 520 |
| 1969 | — | #471 | 266 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #538 | 199 |
| 1967 | — | #588 | 165 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #603 | 152 |
| 1965 | — | #629 | 145 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #625 | 154 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #596 | 174 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #647 | 143 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #656 | 143 |
| 1960 | — | #676 | 134 | |
| 1959 | — | #644 | 142 | |
| 1958 | — | #574 | 182 | |
| 1957 | — | #608 | 159 | |
| 1956 | — | #594 | 164 | |
| 1955 | — | #567 | 170 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #600 | 151 |
| 1953 | — | #669 | 113 | |
| 1952 | — | #650 | 113 | |
| 1951 | — | #719 | 93 | |
| 1950 | — | #685 | 99 | |
| 1949 | — | #749 | 84 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #722 | 86 |
| 1947 | — | #737 | 87 | |
| 1946 | — | #723 | 82 | |
| 1945 | — | #761 | 65 | |
| 1944 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1943 | — | #773 | 71 | |
| 1942 | — | #859 | 58 | |
| 1941 | — | #847 | 56 | |
| 1940 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1939 | — | #745 | 65 | |
| 1938 | — | #799 | 60 | |
| 1937 | — | #869 | 50 | |
| 1936 | — | #832 | 53 | |
| 1935 | — | #980 | 42 | |
| 1934 | — | #828 | 57 | |
| 1933 | — | #834 | 55 | |
| 1932 | — | #829 | 59 | |
| 1931 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1930 | — | #782 | 67 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #940 | 51 |
| 1928 | — | #872 | 58 | |
| 1927 | — | #716 | 82 | |
| 1926 | — | #803 | 67 | |
| 1925 | — | #843 | 62 | |
| 1924 | — | #716 | 85 | |
| 1923 | — | #896 | 58 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #809 | 69 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #901 | 60 |
| 1920 | — | #653 | 94 | |
| 1919 | — | #774 | 70 | |
| 1918 | — | #855 | 59 | |
| 1917 | — | #804 | 61 | |
| 1916 | — | #744 | 67 | |
| 1915 | — | #791 | 58 | |
| 1914 | — | #751 | 49 | |
| 1913 | — | #648 | 47 | |
| 1912 | — | #800 | 30 | |
| 1911 | — | #689 | 21 | |
| 1910 | — | #634 | 21 | |
| 1909 | — | #574 | 21 | |
| 1908 | — | #585 | 19 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | #566 | 16 | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #550 | 16 |
| 1902 | — | #583 | 14 | |
| 1901 | — | #536 | 14 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Brady! It came in at #677, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Brady
- 12 spots since 2024 (#309 → #321)
- 17 spots since 2020 (#304 → #321)
- 122 spots since 2015 (#199 → #321)
- Biggest jump: 434 spots in 1895 (#1,074 → #640)
- Biggest drop: 409 spots in 1887 (#512 → #921)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 2007 at #93 (4,951 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 2007–2008
- Top 1,000: 142 yrs · run 1895–2025
- Highest: 1 in 419 boys born in 2007 were named Brady (0.24%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,595 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 35.4% of all boys named Brady (34,304) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 60 | #512 (1886) | #711 |
| 1890s | 92 | #521 (1899) | #737 |
| 1900s | 146 | #536 (1901) | #642 |
| 1910s | 483 | #634 (1910) | #749 |
| 1920s | 686 | #653 (1920) | #815 |
| 1930s | 564 | #745 (1939) | #834 |
| 1940s | 696 | #722 (1948) | #789 |
| 1950s | 1,386 | #567 (1955) | #631 |
| 1960s | 1,675 | #471 (1969) | #603 |
| 1970s | 4,566 | #350 (1974) | #368 |
| 1980s | 7,357 | #246 (1988) | #294 |
| 1990s | 16,231 | #159 (1997) | #209 |
| 2000s | 34,304 | #93 (2007) | #129 |
| 2010s | 21,727 | #126 (2010) | #195 |
| 2020s | 6,797 | #272 (2021) | #302 |
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.
Brady in 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
Top boys' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 240,938 of them was named Brady, which outranked 36.1% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 11,673 of them was named Brady, which outranked 87.1% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.