Brady
#3,100 for girls in 2025, 52 births · #321 for boys in 2025, 1,071 births
Given to boys 97.8% of the time
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- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 4,951 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 96,770since 1883
Brady over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,100 | 52 | #321 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | #3,639 | 42 | #309 | 1,102 |
| 2023 | #3,763 | 40 | #323 | 1,034 |
| 2022 | #3,470 | 45 | #282 | 1,223 |
| 2021 | #2,638 | 65 | #272 | 1,278 |
| 2020 | #3,141 | 50 | #304 | 1,089 |
| 2019 | #3,665 | 41 | #274 | 1,304 |
| 2018 | #3,107 | 52 | #261 | 1,383 |
| 2017 | #2,779 | 61 | #226 | 1,689 |
| 2016 | #3,707 | 41 | #222 | 1,753 |
| 2015 | #4,069 | 36 | #199 | 2,032 |
| 2014 | #4,003 | 37 | #195 | 2,093 |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 | #175 | 2,332 |
| 2012 | #3,711 | 42 | #136 | 2,860 |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 | #135 | 3,045 |
| 2010 | #4,608 | 31 | #126 | 3,236 |
| 2009 | #3,361 | 49 | #110 | 3,741 |
| 2008 | #3,120 | 54 | #94 | 4,815 |
| 2007 | #2,822 | 64 | #93 | 4,951 |
| 2006 | #2,757 | 64 | #106 | 4,086 |
| 2005 | #3,509 | 42 | #110 | 3,781 |
| 2004 | #3,071 | 50 | #122 | 3,369 |
| 2003 | #3,412 | 42 | #142 | 2,865 |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | #147 | 2,659 |
| 2001 | #3,417 | 39 | #174 | 2,153 |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 | #189 | 1,884 |
| 1999 | #3,048 | 43 | #184 | 1,887 |
| 1998 | #3,068 | 41 | #163 | 2,095 |
| 1997 | #2,874 | 42 | #159 | 2,162 |
| 1996 | #2,966 | 40 | #176 | 1,915 |
| 1995 | #2,516 | 50 | #188 | 1,679 |
| 1994 | #2,935 | 40 | #173 | 1,848 |
| 1993 | #2,882 | 41 | #174 | 1,839 |
| 1992 | #3,267 | 34 | #238 | 1,204 |
| 1991 | #3,301 | 33 | #320 | 805 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | #315 | 797 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | #291 | 843 |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 | #246 | 952 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 | #255 | 877 |
| 1986 | #2,564 | 38 | #251 | 894 |
| 1985 | #2,283 | 44 | #248 | 915 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 | #291 | 699 |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 | #351 | 505 |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 | #334 | 572 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | #332 | 559 |
| 1980 | #2,603 | 36 | #340 | 541 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | #365 | 479 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 | #364 | 443 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #397 | 390 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 | #385 | 399 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | #358 | 466 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #350 | 479 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | #358 | 467 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #369 | 453 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #372 | 470 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #357 | 520 |
| 1969 | — | #471 | 266 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #538 | 199 |
| 1967 | — | #588 | 165 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #603 | 152 |
| 1965 | — | #629 | 145 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #625 | 154 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #596 | 174 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #647 | 143 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #656 | 143 |
| 1960 | — | #676 | 134 | |
| 1959 | — | #644 | 142 | |
| 1958 | — | #574 | 182 | |
| 1957 | — | #608 | 159 | |
| 1956 | — | #594 | 164 | |
| 1955 | — | #567 | 170 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #600 | 151 |
| 1953 | — | #669 | 113 | |
| 1952 | — | #650 | 113 | |
| 1951 | — | #719 | 93 | |
| 1950 | — | #685 | 99 | |
| 1949 | — | #749 | 84 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #722 | 86 |
| 1947 | — | #737 | 87 | |
| 1946 | — | #723 | 82 | |
| 1945 | — | #761 | 65 | |
| 1944 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1943 | — | #773 | 71 | |
| 1942 | — | #859 | 58 | |
| 1941 | — | #847 | 56 | |
| 1940 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1939 | — | #745 | 65 | |
| 1938 | — | #799 | 60 | |
| 1937 | — | #869 | 50 | |
| 1936 | — | #832 | 53 | |
| 1935 | — | #980 | 42 | |
| 1934 | — | #828 | 57 | |
| 1933 | — | #834 | 55 | |
| 1932 | — | #829 | 59 | |
| 1931 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1930 | — | #782 | 67 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #940 | 51 |
| 1928 | — | #872 | 58 | |
| 1927 | — | #716 | 82 | |
| 1926 | — | #803 | 67 | |
| 1925 | — | #843 | 62 | |
| 1924 | — | #716 | 85 | |
| 1923 | — | #896 | 58 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #809 | 69 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #901 | 60 |
| 1920 | — | #653 | 94 | |
| 1919 | — | #774 | 70 | |
| 1918 | — | #855 | 59 | |
| 1917 | — | #804 | 61 | |
| 1916 | — | #744 | 67 | |
| 1915 | — | #791 | 58 | |
| 1914 | — | #751 | 49 | |
| 1913 | — | #648 | 47 | |
| 1912 | — | #800 | 30 | |
| 1911 | — | #689 | 21 | |
| 1910 | — | #634 | 21 | |
| 1909 | — | #574 | 21 | |
| 1908 | — | #585 | 19 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | #566 | 16 | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #550 | 16 |
| 1902 | — | #583 | 14 | |
| 1901 | — | #536 | 14 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Brady! It came in at #677, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Brady is popular in 1909
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Brady
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 12 spots since 2024 (#309 → #321)
- 17 spots since 2020 (#304 → #321)
- 122 spots since 2015 (#199 → #321)
- Biggest jump: 434 spots in 1895 (#1,074 → #640)
- Biggest drop: 409 spots in 1887 (#512 → #921)
Rise & fade · boys
124 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 2007 at #93 (4,951 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 2007–2008
- Top 1,000: 142 yrs · run 1895–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 419
- Highest: 1 in 419 boys born in 2007 were named Brady (0.24%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,595 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 35.4% of all boys named Brady (34,304) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 60 | #512 (1886) | #711 |
| 1890s | 92 | #521 (1899) | #737 |
| 1900s | 146 | #536 (1901) | #642 |
| 1910s | 483 | #634 (1910) | #749 |
| 1920s | 686 | #653 (1920) | #815 |
| 1930s | 564 | #745 (1939) | #834 |
| 1940s | 696 | #722 (1948) | #789 |
| 1950s | 1,386 | #567 (1955) | #631 |
| 1960s | 1,675 | #471 (1969) | #603 |
| 1970s | 4,566 | #350 (1974) | #368 |
| 1980s | 7,357 | #246 (1988) | #294 |
| 1990s | 16,231 | #159 (1997) | #209 |
| 2000s | 34,304 | #93 (2007) | #129 |
| 2010s | 21,727 | #126 (2010) | #195 |
| 2020s | 6,797 | #272 (2021) | #302 |
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.
Brady in 1909
boys
#574
21 births · 1 in 7,809 boys
Top boys' names in 1909
More about 1909
boys
163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 7,809 of them was named Brady, which outranked 65.8% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).