Bradley
#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births · #403 for boys in 2025, 794 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1979 · 6,923 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 38 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 313,008since 1880
Bradley 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 | #3,975 | 36 | #403 | 794 |
| 2024 | #3,081 | 52 | #362 | 910 |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | #359 | 908 |
| 2022 | #2,756 | 62 | #345 | 952 |
| 2021 | #2,892 | 58 | #313 | 1,074 |
| 2020 | #3,338 | 46 | #273 | 1,237 |
| 2019 | #3,043 | 53 | #253 | 1,443 |
| 2018 | #3,293 | 48 | #247 | 1,496 |
| 2017 | #3,247 | 49 | #230 | 1,649 |
| 2016 | #2,902 | 58 | #197 | 2,054 |
| 2015 | #3,211 | 51 | #173 | 2,402 |
| 2014 | #3,585 | 43 | #183 | 2,330 |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 | #176 | 2,330 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #169 | 2,300 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #177 | 2,161 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | #185 | 1,995 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | #196 | 1,951 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #201 | 1,953 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #194 | 2,075 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #188 | 2,137 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | #173 | 2,409 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | #176 | 2,308 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #165 | 2,394 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #149 | 2,645 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #145 | 2,729 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | #131 | 3,017 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | #104 | 3,576 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | #101 | 3,795 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #94 | 4,124 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 | #83 | 4,755 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 | #78 | 4,764 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | #83 | 4,678 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #73 | 5,136 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #72 | 5,098 |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | #67 | 5,723 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #65 | 6,437 |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 | #58 | 6,977 |
| 1988 | #3,306 | 29 | #57 | 7,017 |
| 1987 | #1,991 | 56 | #56 | 6,918 |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 | #54 | 7,044 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | #53 | 7,011 |
| 1984 | #1,886 | 56 | #53 | 6,567 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 | #52 | 6,738 |
| 1982 | #2,185 | 46 | #51 | 6,975 |
| 1981 | #2,265 | 44 | #50 | 6,895 |
| 1980 | #2,014 | 52 | #51 | 7,210 |
| 1979 | #2,795 | 31 | #47 | 6,923 |
| 1978 | #2,305 | 39 | #53 | 6,096 |
| 1977 | #2,515 | 34 | #49 | 6,431 |
| 1976 | #2,728 | 28 | #51 | 5,976 |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 | #52 | 5,894 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 | #58 | 5,173 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | #62 | 4,748 |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 | #61 | 4,839 |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | #58 | 5,780 |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | #47 | 6,818 |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 | #53 | 6,389 |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 | #57 | 4,804 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | #66 | 4,342 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | #68 | 4,555 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | #72 | 4,787 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #77 | 4,960 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #82 | 4,765 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #87 | 4,637 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #87 | 4,745 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #90 | 4,746 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #103 | 4,052 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #108 | 3,734 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #107 | 3,528 |
| 1956 | — | #103 | 3,519 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #107 | 3,183 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #106 | 3,240 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #118 | 2,764 |
| 1952 | — | #141 | 2,045 | |
| 1951 | — | #146 | 1,810 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #152 | 1,632 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #174 | 1,311 |
| 1948 | — | #192 | 1,029 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #221 | 830 |
| 1946 | — | #270 | 561 | |
| 1945 | — | #339 | 310 | |
| 1944 | — | #341 | 307 | |
| 1943 | — | #339 | 329 | |
| 1942 | — | #327 | 342 | |
| 1941 | — | #343 | 286 | |
| 1940 | — | #379 | 227 | |
| 1939 | — | #395 | 206 | |
| 1938 | — | #396 | 207 | |
| 1937 | — | #376 | 216 | |
| 1936 | — | #373 | 215 | |
| 1935 | — | #356 | 237 | |
| 1934 | — | #437 | 166 | |
| 1933 | — | #436 | 160 | |
| 1932 | — | #484 | 140 | |
| 1931 | — | #444 | 161 | |
| 1930 | — | #540 | 122 | |
| 1929 | — | #564 | 110 | |
| 1928 | — | #588 | 110 | |
| 1927 | — | #668 | 91 | |
| 1926 | — | #709 | 81 | |
| 1925 | — | #730 | 79 | |
| 1924 | — | #710 | 86 | |
| 1923 | — | #729 | 80 | |
| 1922 | — | #702 | 86 | |
| 1921 | — | #868 | 64 | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #691 | 86 |
| 1919 | — | #918 | 53 | |
| 1918 | — | #700 | 81 | |
| 1917 | — | #909 | 49 | |
| 1916 | — | #715 | 70 | |
| 1915 | — | #734 | 66 | |
| 1914 | — | #795 | 44 | |
| 1913 | — | #711 | 42 | |
| 1912 | — | #713 | 36 | |
| 1911 | — | #689 | 21 | |
| 1910 | — | #729 | 17 | |
| 1909 | — | #615 | 19 | |
| 1908 | — | #613 | 18 | |
| 1907 | — | #699 | 14 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #587 | 15 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #543 | 15 | |
| 1897 | — | #495 | 16 | |
| 1896 | — | #400 | 24 | |
| 1895 | — | #368 | 26 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bradley was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Bradley is popular in 2001
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#65 · 1 in 247
- South Carolina#88 · 1 in 403
- Tennessee#92 · 1 in 393
- West Virginia#93 · 1 in 337
- Maryland#93 · 1 in 422
Best ever in a state: #17 in North Dakota, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #65 | 94 | 1 in 247 |
| South Carolina | #88 | 51 | 1 in 403 |
| Tennessee | #92 | 91 | 1 in 393 |
| Maryland | #93 | 67 | 1 in 422 |
| West Virginia | #93 | 26 | 1 in 337 |
| Missouri | #95 | 87 | 1 in 384 |
| Vermont | #96 | 7 | 1 in 325 |
| Wisconsin | #98 | 68 | 1 in 426 |
| Ohio | #100 | 153 | 1 in 446 |
| Mississippi | #102 | 33 | 1 in 445 |
| South Dakota | #104 | 12 | 1 in 321 |
| Alabama | #105 | 50 | 1 in 483 |
| Indiana | #105 | 87 | 1 in 442 |
| Georgia | #108 | 106 | 1 in 524 |
| Michigan | #108 | 114 | 1 in 513 |
| North Carolina | #108 | 96 | 1 in 526 |
| New Hampshire | #111 | 13 | 1 in 442 |
| Delaware | #120 | 8 | 1 in 486 |
| Alaska | #121 | 8 | 1 in 412 |
| Virginia | #123 | 69 | 1 in 591 |
| Arkansas | #125 | 28 | 1 in 523 |
| Maine | #126 | 10 | 1 in 566 |
| Florida | #128 | 147 | 1 in 611 |
| Illinois | #128 | 143 | 1 in 561 |
| North Dakota | #130 | 7 | 1 in 442 |
| Pennsylvania | #130 | 96 | 1 in 669 |
| Iowa | #141 | 29 | 1 in 554 |
| Minnesota | #142 | 44 | 1 in 664 |
| Nevada | #142 | 22 | 1 in 563 |
| Utah | #143 | 38 | 1 in 558 |
| Oregon | #146 | 33 | 1 in 588 |
| Louisiana | #149 | 39 | 1 in 668 |
| Montana | #149 | 8 | 1 in 478 |
| New York | #151 | 119 | 1 in 938 |
| New Jersey | #156 | 52 | 1 in 926 |
| Oklahoma | #160 | 30 | 1 in 677 |
| Kansas | #161 | 25 | 1 in 646 |
| Massachusetts | #162 | 34 | 1 in 1,046 |
| Rhode Island | #163 | 6 | 1 in 843 |
| Washington | #166 | 48 | 1 in 703 |
| Idaho | #179 | 12 | 1 in 648 |
| New Mexico | #186 | 13 | 1 in 812 |
| Colorado | #193 | 37 | 1 in 789 |
| California | #196 | 242 | 1 in 1,011 |
| Arizona | #201 | 42 | 1 in 901 |
| Nebraska | #206 | 11 | 1 in 916 |
| Texas | #219 | 155 | 1 in 1,109 |
| District of Columbia | #231 | 5 | 1 in 924 |
| Connecticut | #271 | 9 | 1 in 2,001 |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bradley
- 41 spots since 2024 (#362 → #403)
- 130 spots since 2020 (#273 → #403)
- 230 spots since 2015 (#173 → #403)
- Biggest jump: 422 spots in 1904 (#1,009 → #587)
- Biggest drop: 380 spots in 1882 (#563 → #943)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1979 at #47 (6,923 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 38 yrs · run 1960–1997
- Top 1,000: 140 yrs · run 1904–2025
- Highest: 1 in 247 boys born in 1980 were named Bradley (0.40%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,151 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- Its best rank, #47 in 1979, was only 1 in 249 (0.40%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.2% of all boys named Bradley (69,352) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 42 | #563 (1881) | #776 |
| 1890s | 118 | #368 (1895) | #651 |
| 1900s | 128 | #587 (1904) | #715 |
| 1910s | 479 | #689 (1911) | #761 |
| 1920s | 873 | #564 (1929) | #696 |
| 1930s | 1,830 | #356 (1935) | #424 |
| 1940s | 5,532 | #174 (1949) | #293 |
| 1950s | 29,507 | #103 (1959) | #119 |
| 1960s | 48,730 | #53 (1969) | #74 |
| 1970s | 58,678 | #47 (1979) | #54 |
| 1980s | 69,352 | #50 (1981) | #54 |
| 1990s | 48,086 | #65 (1990) | #82 |
| 2000s | 23,618 | #131 (2000) | #172 |
| 2010s | 20,160 | #169 (2012) | #199 |
| 2020s | 5,875 | #273 (2020) | #343 |
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.
Bradley in 2001
Top girls' names in 2001
Top boys' names in 2001
More about 2001
girls
1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 163,693 of them was named Bradley, which outranked 51.3% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,196Zya12
- #8,196Zyan12
- #8,196Zyon12
- #8,758Bradley11
- #8,758Aasha11
- #8,758Abbigal11
- #8,758Adaiah11
- #9,351Aanika10
- #9,351Abbigaile10
- #9,351Abbye10
Tied with 592 names at #8,758; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 712 of them was named Bradley, which outranked 98.8% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.