Meaning not yet researched.
Bradley: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 794 in 2025. Its best rank was #47 in 1979.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #47 in 1979; #403 in 2025. About 96% of babies named Bradley in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#403 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1979, at #47.
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Bradley: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 794 boys in 2025. Peak: #47 in 1979 · most boys in one year: 7,210 (1980).
In 2025, 794 US boys were named Bradley, making it the 403rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 41 places from #362 in 2024. That is 116 fewer than the 910 boys named Bradley in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #47, reached in 1979. The most boys given the name in a single year was 7,210, in 1980. For comparison, it was #173 in 2015 and #152 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bradley in 141 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 314,957 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 69,780 babies named Bradley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 12,517 US boys were named Bradley; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,054. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,151 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Bradley ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #176 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Brad (83,293 babies since 1880), Bradly (9,354 babies since 1880) and Bradlee (3,870 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Bradlie and Bradli are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Brad.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Bradlie (78), Bradli (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 14 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 7 | #176 | #133 |
| Tennessee | 34 | #259 | #168 |
| New Jersey | 32 | #281 | #138 |
| Virginia | 28 | #296 | #161 |
| Florida | 64 | #301 | #130 |
| Massachusetts | 18 | #308 | #139 |
| Oklahoma | 14 | #329 | #174 |
| Idaho | 7 | #334 | #170 |
| Alabama | 16 | #335 | #168 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #335 | #117 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #336 | #102 |
| Maryland | 15 | #344 | #144 |
| Kentucky | 14 | #351 | #178 |
| Kansas | 10 | #355 | #211 |
| Georgia | 33 | #358 | #150 |
| Connecticut | 8 | #363 | #156 |
| Nevada | 8 | #367 | #203 |
| Indiana | 19 | #380 | #257 |
| Utah | 12 | #381 | #209 |
| South Carolina | 13 | #387 | #142 |
| New York | 43 | #399 | #132 |
| Washington | 18 | #406 | #213 |
| Ohio | 26 | #412 | #186 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | #413 | #222 |
| Pennsylvania | 25 | #416 | #162 |
| Minnesota | 13 | #423 | #259 |
| Texas | 76 | #441 | #217 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #449 | #169 |
| Iowa | 7 | #454 | #276 |
| Louisiana | 10 | #457 | #125 |
| North Carolina | 23 | #461 | #154 |
| Missouri | 13 | #461 | #185 |
| Michigan | 18 | #462 | #191 |
| California | 66 | #485 | #153 |
| Colorado | 11 | #504 | #261 |
| Illinois | 19 | #517 | #223 |
| Arizona | 13 | #534 | #187 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,994 | 794 | #403 |
| 2024 | 52 | #3,087 | 910 | #362 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,283 | 908 | #359 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,766 | 952 | #345 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,897 | 1,074 | #313 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,346 | 1,237 | #273 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,050 | 1,443 | #253 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,299 | 1,496 | #247 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,255 | 1,649 | #230 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,909 | 2,054 | #197 |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,218 | 2,402 | #173 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,600 | 2,330 | #183 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,668 | 2,330 | #176 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,878 | 2,300 | #169 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,859 | 2,161 | #177 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,799 | 1,995 | #185 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,982 | 1,951 | #196 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,771 | 1,953 | #201 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,643 | 2,075 | #194 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,806 | 2,137 | #188 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,870 | 2,409 | #173 |
| 2004 | 20 | #6,006 | 2,308 | #176 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,602 | 2,394 | #165 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,101 | 2,645 | #149 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,857 | 2,729 | #145 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,978 | 3,017 | #131 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,938 | 3,576 | #104 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,651 | 3,795 | #101 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,905 | 4,124 | #94 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,606 | 4,755 | #83 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,363 | 4,764 | #78 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,473 | 4,678 | #83 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,706 | 5,136 | #73 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,077 | 5,098 | #72 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,831 | 5,723 | #67 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,320 | 6,437 | #65 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,905 | 6,977 | #58 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,319 | 7,017 | #57 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,992 | 6,918 | #56 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,120 | 7,044 | #54 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,602 | 7,011 | #53 |
| 1984 | 56 | #1,888 | 6,567 | #53 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,668 | 6,738 | #52 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,187 | 6,975 | #51 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,269 | 6,895 | #50 |
| 1980 | 52 | #2,017 | 7,210 | #51 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,800 | 6,923 | #47 |
| 1978 | 39 | #2,310 | 6,096 | #53 |
| 1977 | 34 | #2,524 | 6,431 | #49 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,735 | 5,976 | #51 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,459 | 5,894 | #52 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,624 | 5,173 | #58 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,132 | 4,748 | #62 |
| 1972 | 26 | #2,690 | 4,839 | #61 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,483 | 5,780 | #58 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,865 | 6,818 | #47 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,460 | 6,389 | #53 |
| 1968 | 21 | #2,797 | 4,804 | #57 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,358 | 4,342 | #66 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,050 | 4,555 | #68 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,160 | 4,787 | #72 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,894 | 4,960 | #77 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,042 | 4,765 | #82 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,565 | 4,637 | #87 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,570 | 4,745 | #87 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,220 | 4,746 | #90 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,115 | 4,052 | #103 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,220 | 3,734 | #108 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,571 | 3,528 | #107 |
| 1956 | — | — | 3,519 | #103 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,278 | 3,183 | #107 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,823 | 3,240 | #106 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,631 | 2,764 | #118 |
| 1952 | — | — | 2,045 | #141 |
| 1951 | — | — | 1,810 | #146 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,378 | 1,632 | #152 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,730 | 1,311 | #174 |
| 1948 | — | — | 1,029 | #192 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,385 | 830 | #221 |
| 1946 | — | — | 561 | #270 |
| 1945 | — | — | 310 | #339 |
| 1944 | — | — | 307 | #341 |
| 1943 | — | — | 329 | #339 |
| 1942 | — | — | 342 | #327 |
| 1941 | — | — | 286 | #343 |
| 1940 | — | — | 227 | #380 |
| 1939 | — | — | 206 | #395 |
| 1938 | — | — | 207 | #396 |
| 1937 | — | — | 216 | #376 |
| 1936 | — | — | 215 | #373 |
| 1935 | — | — | 237 | #357 |
| 1934 | — | — | 166 | #437 |
| 1933 | — | — | 160 | #436 |
| 1932 | — | — | 140 | #484 |
| 1931 | — | — | 161 | #444 |
| 1930 | — | — | 122 | #543 |
| 1929 | — | — | 110 | #564 |
| 1928 | — | — | 110 | #589 |
| 1927 | — | — | 91 | #670 |
| 1926 | — | — | 81 | #709 |
| 1925 | — | — | 79 | #731 |
| 1924 | — | — | 86 | #710 |
| 1923 | — | — | 80 | #729 |
| 1922 | — | — | 86 | #703 |
| 1921 | — | — | 64 | #869 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,459 | 86 | #692 |
| 1919 | — | — | 53 | #919 |
| 1918 | — | — | 81 | #702 |
| 1917 | — | — | 49 | #910 |
| 1916 | — | — | 70 | #715 |
| 1915 | — | — | 66 | #734 |
| 1914 | — | — | 44 | #797 |
| 1913 | — | — | 42 | #713 |
| 1912 | — | — | 36 | #714 |
| 1911 | — | — | 21 | #692 |
| 1910 | — | — | 17 | #731 |
| 1909 | — | — | 19 | #617 |
| 1908 | — | — | 18 | #613 |
| 1907 | — | — | 14 | #704 |
| 1906 | — | — | 12 | #715 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #846 |
| 1904 | — | — | 15 | #588 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,025 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #803 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #639 |
| 1900 | — | — | 15 | #651 |
| 1899 | — | — | 8 | #793 |
| 1898 | — | — | 15 | #546 |
| 1897 | — | — | 16 | #499 |
| 1896 | — | — | 24 | #400 |
| 1895 | — | — | 26 | #370 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #739 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #926 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #991 |
| 1890 | — | — | 9 | #671 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #947 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #650 |
| 1883 | — | — | 8 | #687 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #958 |
| 1881 | — | — | 10 | #567 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #931 |
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).