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

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Peak · boys
2007 · 4,951 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
2 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
96,770
since 1883

Brady over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #93, 2007boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,10052#3211,071
2024#3,63942#3091,102
2023#3,76340#3231,034
2022#3,47045#2821,223
2021#2,63865#2721,278
2020#3,14150#3041,089
2019#3,66541#2741,304
2018#3,10752#2611,383
2017#2,77961#2261,689
2016#3,70741#2221,753
2015#4,06936#1992,032
2014#4,00337#1952,093
2013#4,64530#1752,332
2012#3,71142#1362,860
2011#5,06327#1353,045
2010#4,60831#1263,236
2009#3,36149#1103,741
2008#3,12054#944,815
2007#2,82264#934,951
2006#2,75764#1064,086
2005#3,50942#1103,781
2004#3,07150#1223,369
2003#3,41242#1422,865
2002#3,52338#1472,659
2001#3,41739#1742,153
2000#3,66435#1891,884
1999#3,04843#1841,887
1998#3,06841#1632,095
1997#2,87442#1592,162
1996#2,96640#1761,915
1995#2,51650#1881,679
1994#2,93540#1731,848
1993#2,88241#1741,839
1992#3,26734#2381,204
1991#3,30133#320805
1990#4,00325#315797
1989#4,12123#291843
1988#2,93135#246952
1987#2,78035#255877
1986#2,56438#251894
1985#2,28344#248915
1984#2,34041#291699
1983#3,34024#351505
1982#2,36941#334572
1981#3,62522#332559
1980#2,60336#340541
1979#4,05218#365479
1978#3,38822#364443
1977#4,42515#397390
1976#2,93225#385399
1975#3,63718#358466
1974#3,31320#350479
1973#2,91423#358467
1972#4,09114#369453
1971#6,6197#372470
1970#4,49212#357520
1969#471266
1968#7,0165#538199
1967#588165
1966#6,5645#603152
1965#629145
1964#6,7675#625154
1963#4,8968#596174
1962#6,5785#647143
1961#6,5675#656143
1960#676134
1959#644142
1958#574182
1957#608159
1956#594164
1955#567170
1954#5,1486#600151
1953#669113
1952#650113
1951#71993
1950#68599
1949#74984
1948#5,2435#72286
1947#73787
1946#72382
1945#76165
1944#84156
1943#77371
1942#85958
1941#84756
1940#88151
1939#74565
1938#79960
1937#86950
1936#83253
1935#98042
1934#82857
1933#83455
1932#82959
1931#84156
1930#78267
1929#4,5705#94051
1928#87258
1927#71682
1926#80367
1925#84362
1924#71685
1923#89658
1922#4,4456#80969
1921#4,4646#90160
1920#65394
1919#77470
1918#85559
1917#80461
1916#74467
1915#79158
1914#75149
1913#64847
1912#80030
1911#68921
1910#63421
1909#57421
1908#58519
1907#81511
1906#64014
1905#78610
1904#56616
1903#1,5926#55016
1902#58314
1901#53614
1900#78511
1899#52114
1898#8048
1897#68110
1896#59213
1895#64011
1894#1,0745
1893#8367
1892#7928
1891#7667
1890#6679
1889#54912
1888#7049
1887#9215
1886#51213
1885#7657
1884#8486
1883#6778
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
124 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 2007 at #93 (4,951 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 2 yrs · run 2007–2008
  • Top 1,000: 142 yrs · run 1895–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 419
  • Highest: 1 in 419 boys born in 2007 were named Brady (0.24%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,595 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 35.4% of all boys named Brady (34,304) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s60#512 (1886)#711
1890s92#521 (1899)#737
1900s146#536 (1901)#642
1910s483#634 (1910)#749
1920s686#653 (1920)#815
1930s564#745 (1939)#834
1940s696#722 (1948)#789
1950s1,386#567 (1955)#631
1960s1,675#471 (1969)#603
1970s4,566#350 (1974)#368
1980s7,357#246 (1988)#294
1990s16,231#159 (1997)#209
2000s34,304#93 (2007)#129
2010s21,727#126 (2010)#195
2020s6,797#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 1997

girls
#2,874
42 births · 1 in 41,445 girls
boys
#159
2,162 births · 1 in 872 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #2,874Brady42

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #159Brady2,162
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 41,445 of them was named Brady, which outranked 82.2% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brady
  1. #2,820Tisha43
  2. #2,820Tykia43
  3. #2,820Tynisha43
  4. #2,874Brady42
  5. #2,874Aiyanna42
  6. #2,874Alandra42
  7. #2,874Alizabeth42
  8. #2,934Anthony41
  9. #2,934Ariela41
  10. #2,934Asma41

Tied with 59 names at #2,874; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 9,582Yulisa#10,567#985
  2. 3,882Yulissa#4,306#424
  3. 2,634Tea#3,429#795
  4. 2,046Taya#2,901#855
  5. 1,202Julisa#1,930#728
Fallers
  1. 931Yamilex#707#1,638
  2. 477Suzette#998#1,475
  3. 457Chynna#834#1,291
  4. 396Moesha#547#943
  5. 377Daijah#975#1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 872 of them was named Brady, which outranked 98.5% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brady
  1. #156Levi2,225
  2. #157Andres2,202
  3. #158Alan2,177
  4. #159Brady2,162
  5. #160Ivan2,160
  6. #161Edgar2,115
  7. #162Liam2,112
Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 1,420Jaret#2,145#725
  2. 712Kobe#1,265#553
  3. 580Ronaldo#1,465#885
  4. 420Jarett#1,334#914
  5. 416Gianni#1,093#677
Fallers
  1. 562Shaquille#662#1,224
  2. 373Dalvin#977#1,350
  3. 355Montel#990#1,345
  4. 328Codie#884#1,212
  5. 328Jair#884#1,212

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997