Brady

Where Brady comes from

From Old English brād (“broad”) + ēage (“eye”) and brād (“broad”) + ēġ (“island”); or from Irish Ó Brádaigh.
— Wiktionary's entry for Brady
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #677 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Brady Ellison born
    American archer
  3. 1988
    Brady Corbet born
    American film director and actor
  4. 2007
    Peak, #93
    4,951 babies named Brady — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #175.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Brady Corbet · American film director and actor, born 1988
  • Brady Ellison · American archer, born 1988
  • Brady Leman · Canadian ski cross racer, born 1986
  • Brady Tkachuk · American ice hockey player, born 1999
  • Brady Skjei · American ice hockey player, born 1994

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.