Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Brad

#360 most common boys' name of all time · #795 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#360
Rank overall
#795 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
83,293
Since 2016
386
Peak year
1960 #134
Best rank
#98 1975
Girls Boys peak 2,651/yr
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Brad is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 24 24 #4,254
2024 26 26 #4,077
2023 28 28 #3,891
2022 32 32 #3,540
2021 36 36 #3,243
2020 41 41 #2,886
2019 40 40 #2,995
2018 54 54 #2,420
2017 55 55 #2,346
2016 50 50 #2,519
2015 88 88 #1,743
2014 76 76 #1,907
2013 86 86 #1,711
2012 99 99 #1,588
2011 117 117 #1,414
2010 117 117 #1,415
2009 145 145 #1,233
2008 166 166 #1,106
2007 206 206 #955
2006 214 214 #907
2005 228 228 #824
2004 212 212 #839
2003 215 215 #811
2002 231 231 #750
2001 263 263 #685
2000 289 289 #633
1999 307 307 #603
1998 338 338 #579
1997 388 388 #521
1996 419 419 #498
1995 398 398 #513
1994 383 383 #516
1993 456 456 #464
1992 471 471 #461
1991 566 566 #402
1990 649 649 #363
1989 750 750 #320
1988 834 834 #278
1987 10 1,026 1,036 #228
1986 5 1,102 1,107 #216
1985 7 1,143 1,150 #211
1984 6 1,237 1,243 #196
1983 5 1,471 1,476 #175
1982 11 1,687 1,698 #163
1981 9 1,958 1,967 #143
1980 11 2,371 2,382 #116
1979 16 2,334 2,350 #115
1978 15 2,106 2,121 #123
1977 11 2,524 2,535 #106
1976 16 2,438 2,454 #108
1975 8 2,608 2,616 #98
1974 13 2,483 2,496 #105
1973 8 1,885 1,893 #137
1972 9 1,748 1,757 #149
1971 11 2,164 2,175 #139
1970 13 2,327 2,340 #139
1969 11 2,106 2,117 #145
1968 6 1,709 1,715 #158
1967 6 1,771 1,777 #155
1966 1,896 1,896 #150
1965 2,091 2,091 #148
1964 7 2,278 2,285 #143
1963 2,273 2,273 #146
1962 2,082 2,082 #158
1961 7 2,501 2,508 #142
1960 7 2,644 2,651 #134
1959 2,347 2,347 #149
1958 2,255 2,255 #151
1957 2,191 2,191 #153
1956 2,254 2,254 #142
1955 5 1,877 1,882 #153
1954 1,846 1,846 #154
1953 1,650 1,650 #164
1952 966 966 #212
1951 615 615 #273
1950 460 460 #320
1949 307 307 #384
1948 266 266 #414
1947 230 230 #441
1946 163 163 #506
1945 73 73 #714
1944 67 67 #765
1943 65 65 #819
1942 60 60 #846
1941 36 36 #1,094
1940 31 31 #1,215
1939 30 30 #1,207
1938 18 18 #1,633
1937 30 30 #1,220
1936 19 19 #1,548
1935 27 27 #1,303
1934 17 17 #1,735
1933 12 12 #2,119
1932 7 7 #3,122
1931 10 10 #2,497
1930 8 8 #3,046
1929 5 5 #3,997
1928 6 6 #3,733
1926 9 9 #2,918
1925 5 5 #4,234
1920 11 11 #2,615
1918 6 6 #3,758
1917 5 5 #4,026
1914 5 5 #3,288
1887 6 6 #868
1880 5 5 #940