Meaning not yet researched.
Bradford: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 32 in 2025. Its best rank was #240 in 1953.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #240 in 1953; #3,522 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Bradford in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,522 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1953, at #240.
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Bradford: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 32 boys in 2025. Peak: #240 in 1953 · most boys in one year: 779 (1953).
In 2025, 32 US boys were named Bradford, making it the 3,522nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 557 places from #2,965 in 2024. That is 10 fewer than the 42 boys named Bradford in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #240, reached in 1953. That year also had the most boys given the name: 779. For comparison, it was #2,171 in 2015 and #275 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bradford in 136 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 32,114 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 6,698 babies named Bradford.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 517 US boys were named Bradford; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 70. In 2025 that was about 1 in 53,377 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
The open nickname list we use links it to Brad and Ford.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2024 | — | — | 42 | #2,965 |
| 2023 | — | — | 49 | #2,662 |
| 2022 | — | — | 42 | #2,972 |
| 2021 | — | — | 49 | #2,631 |
| 2020 | — | — | 50 | #2,553 |
| 2019 | — | — | 48 | #2,663 |
| 2018 | — | — | 67 | #2,103 |
| 2017 | — | — | 70 | #2,018 |
| 2016 | — | — | 68 | #2,068 |
| 2015 | — | — | 63 | #2,171 |
| 2014 | — | — | 77 | #1,886 |
| 2013 | — | — | 64 | #2,093 |
| 2012 | — | — | 81 | #1,821 |
| 2011 | — | — | 73 | #1,907 |
| 2010 | — | — | 78 | #1,852 |
| 2009 | — | — | 76 | #1,895 |
| 2008 | — | — | 57 | #2,296 |
| 2007 | — | — | 99 | #1,578 |
| 2006 | — | — | 95 | #1,552 |
| 2005 | — | — | 97 | #1,486 |
| 2004 | — | — | 99 | #1,425 |
| 2003 | — | — | 102 | #1,344 |
| 2002 | — | — | 125 | #1,140 |
| 2001 | — | — | 103 | #1,284 |
| 2000 | — | — | 123 | #1,130 |
| 1999 | — | — | 151 | #956 |
| 1998 | — | — | 176 | #835 |
| 1997 | — | — | 177 | #821 |
| 1996 | — | — | 211 | #728 |
| 1995 | — | — | 216 | #727 |
| 1994 | — | — | 243 | #665 |
| 1993 | — | — | 267 | #630 |
| 1992 | — | — | 270 | #627 |
| 1991 | — | — | 277 | #614 |
| 1990 | — | — | 304 | #581 |
| 1989 | — | — | 353 | #508 |
| 1988 | — | — | 368 | #479 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,501 | 441 | #416 |
| 1986 | — | — | 387 | #437 |
| 1985 | — | — | 453 | #398 |
| 1984 | — | — | 473 | #372 |
| 1983 | — | — | 480 | #365 |
| 1982 | — | — | 561 | #335 |
| 1981 | — | — | 599 | #319 |
| 1980 | — | — | 630 | #308 |
| 1979 | — | — | 614 | #314 |
| 1978 | — | — | 599 | #301 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,789 | 603 | #312 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,443 | 593 | #301 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,553 | 555 | #323 |
| 1974 | — | — | 602 | #305 |
| 1973 | — | — | 494 | #343 |
| 1972 | — | — | 469 | #357 |
| 1971 | — | — | 569 | #328 |
| 1970 | — | — | 612 | #318 |
| 1969 | — | — | 601 | #311 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,324 | 535 | #330 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,897 | 558 | #315 |
| 1966 | — | — | 525 | #328 |
| 1965 | — | — | 581 | #316 |
| 1964 | — | — | 602 | #317 |
| 1963 | — | — | 611 | #320 |
| 1962 | — | — | 535 | #338 |
| 1961 | — | — | 579 | #327 |
| 1960 | — | — | 667 | #298 |
| 1959 | — | — | 619 | #310 |
| 1958 | — | — | 620 | #304 |
| 1957 | — | — | 675 | #284 |
| 1956 | — | — | 720 | #273 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,912 | 700 | #267 |
| 1954 | — | — | 773 | #249 |
| 1953 | — | — | 779 | #240 |
| 1952 | — | — | 656 | #269 |
| 1951 | — | — | 575 | #285 |
| 1950 | — | — | 576 | #275 |
| 1949 | — | — | 496 | #305 |
| 1948 | — | — | 376 | #347 |
| 1947 | — | — | 327 | #380 |
| 1946 | — | — | 251 | #402 |
| 1945 | — | — | 184 | #440 |
| 1944 | — | — | 191 | #442 |
| 1943 | — | — | 173 | #470 |
| 1942 | — | — | 159 | #486 |
| 1941 | — | — | 135 | #506 |
| 1940 | — | — | 126 | #517 |
| 1939 | — | — | 128 | #500 |
| 1938 | — | — | 107 | #565 |
| 1937 | — | — | 130 | #504 |
| 1936 | — | — | 102 | #572 |
| 1935 | — | — | 92 | #606 |
| 1934 | — | — | 96 | #602 |
| 1933 | — | — | 82 | #637 |
| 1932 | — | — | 86 | #657 |
| 1931 | — | — | 87 | #633 |
| 1930 | — | — | 88 | #662 |
| 1929 | — | — | 84 | #668 |
| 1928 | — | — | 85 | #686 |
| 1927 | — | — | 96 | #647 |
| 1926 | — | — | 98 | #637 |
| 1925 | — | — | 76 | #755 |
| 1924 | — | — | 76 | #772 |
| 1923 | — | — | 73 | #771 |
| 1922 | — | — | 71 | #794 |
| 1921 | — | — | 85 | #708 |
| 1920 | — | — | 74 | #767 |
| 1919 | — | — | 69 | #778 |
| 1918 | — | — | 70 | #780 |
| 1917 | — | — | 72 | #726 |
| 1916 | — | — | 72 | #699 |
| 1915 | — | — | 69 | #707 |
| 1914 | — | — | 50 | #745 |
| 1913 | — | — | 38 | #762 |
| 1912 | — | — | 43 | #635 |
| 1911 | — | — | 22 | #671 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,211 |
| 1909 | — | — | 15 | #721 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #833 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #937 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,266 |
| 1905 | — | — | 11 | #747 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #892 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #802 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,069 |
| 1900 | — | — | 13 | #702 |
| 1898 | — | — | 9 | #751 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,083 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #598 |
| 1895 | — | — | 11 | #642 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,098 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #845 |
| 1891 | — | — | 9 | #651 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #990 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,055 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #954 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #930 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).