Bradley

Where Bradley comes from

Ultimately from Old English brād (“broad”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to broad + -ley.
— Wiktionary's entry for Bradley
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1975
    Bradley Cooper born
    American actor
  3. 1979
    Peak, #47
    6,923 babies named Bradley — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2000
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #131.
  5. 2002
    Bradley Barcola born
    French footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Bradley Cooper · American actor, born 1975
  • Bradley Barcola · French footballer, born 2002
  • Bradley Wiggins · British former professional road and track racing cyclist, born 1980
  • Bradley Whitford · American actor, born 1959
  • Bradley James · British actor, born 1983

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.