Brad

Where Brad comes from

Clipping.
— Wiktionary's entry for Brad
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1950
    Brad Dourif born
    American actor
  3. 1963
    Brad Pitt born
    American actor
  4. 1975
    Peak, #98
    2,608 babies named Brad — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #196.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names Bradley, Bradly, and Bradford, also used as a formal given name.
Namesakes
  • Brad Pitt · American actor, born 1963
  • Brad Dourif · American actor, born 1950
  • Brad Delson · American guitarist and rock musician, born 1977
  • Brad Renfro · American actor, 1982–2008
  • Brad Friedel · American soccer player and coach, born 1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.