Meaning not yet researched.
Brady: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,071 in 2025. Its best rank was #93 in 2007.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #93 in 2007; #321 in 2025. About 95% of babies named Brady in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#321 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2007, at #93.
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Brady: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,071 boys in 2025. Peak: #93 in 2007 · most boys in one year: 4,951 (2007).
In 2025, 1,071 US boys were named Brady, making it the 321st most common boys’ name of the year, down 12 places from #309 in 2024. That is 31 fewer than the 1,102 boys named Brady in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #93, reached in 2007. That year also had the most boys given the name: 4,951. For comparison, it was #199 in 2015 and #685 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Brady in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1883 with 8 babies. In all, 98,908 US babies have been given the name, 2.2% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 34,781 babies named Brady.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 12,926 US boys were named Brady; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,753. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,595 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Brady ranked highest in New Hampshire in 2025, at #130 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Bradie, Bradey and Bradi are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Brody.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Bradie (783), Bradey (723), Bradi (643), Bradee (117), Braedy (45), Braidy (23), Braydi (12).
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.
Brady is listed as a nickname for Broderick.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 9 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 11 | #130 | #65 |
| Montana | 9 | #150 | #245 |
| Arkansas | 20 | #181 | #215 |
| Delaware | 5 | #207 | — |
| Maine | 6 | #208 | #63 |
| Massachusetts | 28 | #216 | #105 |
| Mississippi | 14 | #219 | #247 |
| Ohio | 60 | #220 | #161 |
| Oklahoma | 21 | #221 | #199 |
| Illinois | 51 | #230 | #170 |
| Missouri | 31 | #231 | #198 |
| Idaho | 11 | #231 | #242 |
| Louisiana | 22 | #232 | #172 |
| Michigan | 42 | #241 | #107 |
| New Jersey | 37 | #253 | #199 |
| Kentucky | 21 | #254 | #150 |
| Oregon | 16 | #266 | #254 |
| Indiana | 31 | #268 | #196 |
| Maryland | 20 | #273 | #223 |
| Kansas | 13 | #277 | #136 |
| Pennsylvania | 41 | #282 | #116 |
| North Carolina | 43 | #288 | #205 |
| New York | 62 | #298 | #251 |
| West Virginia | 6 | #303 | #138 |
| Minnesota | 20 | #304 | #151 |
| Arizona | 25 | #310 | #233 |
| Washington | 23 | #324 | #287 |
| Connecticut | 9 | #328 | #103 |
| Iowa | 11 | #332 | #139 |
| Alabama | 16 | #336 | #264 |
| South Carolina | 15 | #350 | #270 |
| Virginia | 23 | #353 | #189 |
| Tennessee | 24 | #355 | #194 |
| Utah | 13 | #355 | #228 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | #358 | #123 |
| Nevada | 8 | #368 | #309 |
| Florida | 53 | #370 | #231 |
| Georgia | 29 | #394 | #229 |
| Colorado | 14 | #421 | #268 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #442 | #153 |
| Texas | 76 | #442 | #291 |
| California | 59 | #523 | #286 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #3,110 | 1,071 | #321 |
| 2024 | 42 | #3,653 | 1,102 | #309 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,777 | 1,034 | #323 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,481 | 1,223 | #282 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,645 | 1,278 | #272 |
| 2020 | 50 | #3,151 | 1,089 | #304 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,675 | 1,304 | #274 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,117 | 1,383 | #261 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,788 | 1,689 | #226 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,718 | 1,753 | #222 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,082 | 2,032 | #199 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,021 | 2,093 | #195 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,669 | 2,332 | #175 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,723 | 2,860 | #136 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,087 | 3,045 | #135 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,626 | 3,236 | #126 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,373 | 3,741 | #110 |
| 2008 | 54 | #3,127 | 4,815 | #94 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,828 | 4,951 | #93 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,762 | 4,086 | #106 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,520 | 3,781 | #110 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,081 | 3,369 | #122 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,420 | 2,865 | #142 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,529 | 2,659 | #147 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,425 | 2,153 | #174 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,673 | 1,884 | #189 |
| 1999 | 43 | #3,053 | 1,887 | #184 |
| 1998 | 41 | #3,074 | 2,095 | #163 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,886 | 2,162 | #159 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,971 | 1,915 | #176 |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,519 | 1,679 | #188 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,939 | 1,848 | #173 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,885 | 1,839 | #174 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,276 | 1,204 | #238 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,311 | 805 | #320 |
| 1990 | 25 | #4,016 | 797 | #315 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,137 | 843 | #291 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,935 | 952 | #246 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,789 | 877 | #255 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,573 | 894 | #251 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,285 | 915 | #248 |
| 1984 | 41 | #2,344 | 699 | #291 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,350 | 505 | #351 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,373 | 572 | #334 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,633 | 559 | #332 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,609 | 541 | #340 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,063 | 479 | #365 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,397 | 443 | #364 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,451 | 390 | #397 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,938 | 399 | #385 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,647 | 466 | #358 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,326 | 479 | #350 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,921 | 467 | #358 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,106 | 453 | #369 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,676 | 470 | #372 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,520 | 520 | #357 |
| 1969 | — | — | 266 | #471 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,099 | 199 | #538 |
| 1967 | — | — | 165 | #588 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,659 | 152 | #603 |
| 1965 | — | — | 145 | #629 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,861 | 154 | #625 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,920 | 174 | #596 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,671 | 143 | #647 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,655 | 143 | #656 |
| 1960 | — | — | 134 | #676 |
| 1959 | — | — | 142 | #645 |
| 1958 | — | — | 182 | #574 |
| 1957 | — | — | 159 | #608 |
| 1956 | — | — | 164 | #594 |
| 1955 | — | — | 170 | #568 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,202 | 151 | #601 |
| 1953 | — | — | 113 | #670 |
| 1952 | — | — | 113 | #650 |
| 1951 | — | — | 93 | #719 |
| 1950 | — | — | 99 | #685 |
| 1949 | — | — | 84 | #749 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,314 | 86 | #723 |
| 1947 | — | — | 87 | #737 |
| 1946 | — | — | 82 | #723 |
| 1945 | — | — | 65 | #762 |
| 1944 | — | — | 56 | #843 |
| 1943 | — | — | 71 | #774 |
| 1942 | — | — | 58 | #860 |
| 1941 | — | — | 56 | #847 |
| 1940 | — | — | 51 | #881 |
| 1939 | — | — | 65 | #747 |
| 1938 | — | — | 60 | #800 |
| 1937 | — | — | 50 | #870 |
| 1936 | — | — | 53 | #832 |
| 1935 | — | — | 42 | #981 |
| 1934 | — | — | 57 | #829 |
| 1933 | — | — | 55 | #835 |
| 1932 | — | — | 59 | #830 |
| 1931 | — | — | 56 | #843 |
| 1930 | — | — | 67 | #784 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,650 | 51 | #941 |
| 1928 | — | — | 58 | #874 |
| 1927 | — | — | 82 | #717 |
| 1926 | — | — | 67 | #805 |
| 1925 | — | — | 62 | #843 |
| 1924 | — | — | 85 | #717 |
| 1923 | — | — | 58 | #898 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,521 | 69 | #811 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,544 | 60 | #902 |
| 1920 | — | — | 94 | #655 |
| 1919 | — | — | 70 | #776 |
| 1918 | — | — | 59 | #859 |
| 1917 | — | — | 61 | #807 |
| 1916 | — | — | 67 | #746 |
| 1915 | — | — | 58 | #792 |
| 1914 | — | — | 49 | #754 |
| 1913 | — | — | 47 | #651 |
| 1912 | — | — | 30 | #804 |
| 1911 | — | — | 21 | #693 |
| 1910 | — | — | 21 | #639 |
| 1909 | — | — | 21 | #576 |
| 1908 | — | — | 19 | #591 |
| 1907 | — | — | 11 | #824 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #647 |
| 1905 | — | — | 10 | #796 |
| 1904 | — | — | 16 | #571 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,624 | 16 | #552 |
| 1902 | — | — | 14 | #591 |
| 1901 | — | — | 14 | #538 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #791 |
| 1899 | — | — | 14 | #523 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #810 |
| 1897 | — | — | 10 | #689 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #599 |
| 1895 | — | — | 11 | #643 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,099 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #846 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #806 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #775 |
| 1890 | — | — | 9 | #672 |
| 1889 | — | — | 12 | #556 |
| 1888 | — | — | 9 | #709 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #948 |
| 1886 | — | — | 13 | #517 |
| 1885 | — | — | 7 | #772 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #864 |
| 1883 | — | — | 8 | #688 |
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).