Bradford

Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · #3,513 for boys in 2025, 32 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#240
1953 · 779 births
Debut · boys
1880
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
32,075
since 1880

Bradford over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bradford has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #240, 1953boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,51332
2024—#2,95842
2023—#2,66049
2022—#2,96242
2021—#2,62349
2020—#2,54650
2019—#2,65648
2018—#2,10167
2017—#2,01470
2016—#2,06668
2015—#2,16963
2014—#1,88477
2013—#2,09064
2012—#1,81881
2011—#1,90573
2010—#1,85078
2009—#1,88976
2008—#2,29157
2007—#1,57699
2006—#1,55195
2005—#1,48597
2004—#1,42599
2003—#1,341102
2002—#1,139125
2001—#1,283103
2000—#1,128123
1999—#956151
1998—#833176
1997—#821177
1996—#727211
1995—#727216
1994—#665243
1993—#630267
1992—#627270
1991—#614277
1990—#580304
1989—#508353
1988—#479368
1987#11,3255#416441
1986—#437387
1985—#398453
1984—#372473
1983—#365480
1982—#335561
1981—#319599
1980—#308630
1979—#314614
1978—#301599
1977#9,6525#312603
1976#9,2845#301593
1975#6,4848#323555
1974—#305602
1973—#343494
1972—#357469
1971—#328569
1970—#318612
1969—#311601
1968#6,2466#330535
1967#6,8045#315558
1966—#328525
1965—#316581
1964—#317602
1963—#320611
1962—#338535
1961—#327579
1960—#298667
1959—#310619
1958—#304620
1957—#284675
1956—#273720
1955#5,8285#267700
1954—#249773
1953—#240779
1952—#269656
1951—#285575
1950—#275576
1949—#305496
1948—#347376
1947—#380327
1946—#402251
1945—#440184
1944—#442191
1943—#470173
1942—#486159
1941—#506135
1940—#517126
1939—#500128
1938—#565107
1937—#504130
1936—#572102
1935—#60592
1934—#60196
1933—#63782
1932—#65786
1931—#63387
1930—#66288
1929—#66884
1928—#68585
1927—#64796
1926—#63798
1925—#75576
1924—#77176
1923—#76973
1922—#79471
1921—#70785
1920—#76674
1919—#77769
1918—#78070
1917—#72372
1916—#69872
1915—#70569
1914—#74550
1913—#75938
1912—#63543
1911—#66722
1910—#1,1938
1909—#71415
1908—#82511
1907—#9309
1906—#1,2535
1905—#74111
1904—#8748
1903——
1902—#7949
1901—#1,0585
1900—#69913
1899——
1898—#7449
1897—#1,0575
1896—#59213
1895—#64011
1894—#1,0745
1893—#8367
1892——
1891—#6359
1890——
1889—#9745
1888—#1,0315
1887——
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1885—#9365
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1880—#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Bradford was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Bradford is popular in 1895

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Bradford
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 555 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #3,513)
  • 967 spots since 2020 (#2,546 → #3,513)
  • 1,344 spots since 2015 (#2,169 → #3,513)
  • Biggest jump: 526 spots in 1911 (#1,193 → #667)
  • Biggest drop: 512 spots in 1906 (#741 → #1,253)
Rise & fade · boys
73 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1953 at #240 (779 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 33 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 104 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1911–1999
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,532
  • Highest: 1 in 2,532 boys born in 1953 were named Bradford (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 53,377 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 20.9% of all boys named Bradford (6,693) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s20#909 (1880)#963
1890s59#592 (1896)#797
1900s86#699 (1900)#876
1910s513#635 (1912)#768
1920s818#637 (1926)#720
1930s998#500 (1939)#594
1940s2,418#305 (1949)#430
1950s6,693#240 (1953)#276
1960s5,794#298 (1960)#320
1970s5,710#301 (1978)#320
1980s4,745#308 (1980)#394
1990s2,292#580 (1990)#718
2000s976#1,128 (2000)#1,511
2010s689#1,818 (2012)#2,055
2020s264#2,546 (2020)#2,877

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.

Bradford in 1895

boys
#640
11 births · 1 in 10,672 boys

Top boys' names in 1895

  1. #1John8,320
  2. #2William7,277
  3. #3James5,335
  4. #4George4,289
  5. #5Charles3,633
  6. #6Frank3,012
  7. #7Joseph2,992
  8. #8Robert2,635
  9. #9Henry2,221
  10. #10Edward2,203
  11. #640Bradford11
More about 1895

boys

117,393 boys got a published name in 1895; 1 in 10,672 of them was named Bradford, which outranked 48.4% of the 1,241 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bradford
  1. #609Thornton12
  2. #609Tillman12
  3. #609Watson12
  4. #640Bradford11
  5. #640Benton11
  6. #640Billy11
  7. #640Brady11
  8. #685Alfonso10
  9. #685Alfredo10
  10. #685Armand10

Tied with 44 names at #640; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. ↑ 573Alma#1,074 → #501
  2. ↑ 463Delmar#954 → #491
  3. ↑ 453Connie#954 → #501
  4. ↑ 434Bradford#1,074 → #640
  5. ↑ 434Brady#1,074 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 536Beverly#543 → #1,079
  2. ↓ 512Boss#567 → #1,079
  3. ↓ 498Verner#480 → #978
  4. ↓ 457Abel#521 → #978
  5. ↓ 457Justin#521 → #978

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

See the top 100 for 1895 →