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.

Bradley

#117 most common boys' name of all time · #246 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#117
Rank overall
#246 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
141 of 146
All-time
314,957
Since 2016
13,028
Peak year
1980 #51
Best rank
#47 1970
Girls Boys peak 7,262/yr
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Bradley 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 36 794 830 #403
2024 52 910 962 #362
2023 49 908 957 #359
2022 62 952 1,014 #345
2021 58 1,074 1,132 #313
2020 46 1,237 1,283 #273
2019 53 1,443 1,496 #253
2018 48 1,496 1,544 #247
2017 49 1,649 1,698 #230
2016 58 2,054 2,112 #197
2015 51 2,402 2,453 #173
2014 43 2,330 2,373 #183
2013 30 2,330 2,360 #176
2012 15 2,300 2,315 #169
2011 15 2,161 2,176 #177
2010 13 1,995 2,008 #185
2009 13 1,951 1,964 #196
2008 8 1,953 1,961 #201
2007 12 2,075 2,087 #194
2006 13 2,137 2,150 #188
2005 17 2,409 2,426 #173
2004 20 2,308 2,328 #176
2003 12 2,394 2,406 #165
2002 15 2,645 2,660 #149
2001 11 2,729 2,740 #145
2000 18 3,017 3,035 #131
1999 17 3,576 3,593 #104
1998 23 3,795 3,818 #101
1997 13 4,124 4,137 #94
1996 22 4,755 4,777 #83
1995 23 4,764 4,787 #78
1994 17 4,678 4,695 #83
1993 16 5,136 5,152 #73
1992 19 5,098 5,117 #72
1991 27 5,723 5,750 #67
1990 17 6,437 6,454 #65
1989 25 6,977 7,002 #58
1988 29 7,017 7,046 #57
1987 56 6,918 6,974 #56
1986 50 7,044 7,094 #54
1985 37 7,011 7,048 #53
1984 56 6,567 6,623 #53
1983 33 6,738 6,771 #52
1982 46 6,975 7,021 #51
1981 44 6,895 6,939 #50
1980 52 7,210 7,262 #51
1979 31 6,923 6,954 #47
1978 39 6,096 6,135 #53
1977 34 6,431 6,465 #49
1976 28 5,976 6,004 #51
1975 32 5,894 5,926 #52
1974 28 5,173 5,201 #58
1973 21 4,748 4,769 #62
1972 26 4,839 4,865 #61
1971 30 5,780 5,810 #58
1970 24 6,818 6,842 #47
1969 28 6,389 6,417 #53
1968 21 4,804 4,825 #57
1967 15 4,342 4,357 #66
1966 17 4,555 4,572 #68
1965 16 4,787 4,803 #72
1964 12 4,960 4,972 #77
1963 11 4,765 4,776 #82
1962 9 4,637 4,646 #87
1961 9 4,745 4,754 #87
1960 7 4,746 4,753 #90
1959 15 4,052 4,067 #103
1958 9 3,734 3,743 #108
1957 8 3,528 3,536 #107
1956 — 3,519 3,519 #103
1955 6 3,183 3,189 #107
1954 5 3,240 3,245 #106
1953 7 2,764 2,771 #118
1952 — 2,045 2,045 #141
1951 — 1,810 1,810 #146
1950 5 1,632 1,637 #152
1949 6 1,311 1,317 #174
1948 — 1,029 1,029 #192
1947 5 830 835 #221
1946 — 561 561 #270
1945 — 310 310 #340
1944 — 307 307 #342
1943 — 329 329 #339
1942 — 342 342 #327
1941 — 286 286 #343
1940 — 227 227 #382
1939 — 206 206 #397
1938 — 207 207 #396
1937 — 216 216 #376
1936 — 215 215 #373
1935 — 237 237 #358
1934 — 166 166 #439
1933 — 160 160 #437
1932 — 140 140 #486
1931 — 161 161 #444
1930 — 122 122 #544
1929 — 110 110 #568
1928 — 110 110 #592
1927 — 91 91 #671
1926 — 81 81 #709
1925 — 79 79 #733
1924 — 86 86 #714
1923 — 80 80 #731
1922 — 86 86 #705
1921 — 64 64 #870
1920 6 86 92 #697
1919 — 53 53 #922
1918 — 81 81 #702
1917 — 49 49 #913
1916 — 70 70 #719
1915 — 66 66 #736
1914 — 44 44 #800
1913 — 42 42 #718
1912 — 36 36 #722
1911 — 21 21 #698
1910 — 17 17 #742
1909 — 19 19 #631
1908 — 18 18 #623
1907 — 14 14 #722
1906 — 12 12 #738
1905 — 9 9 #876
1904 — 15 15 #604
1903 — 6 6 #1,059
1902 — 9 9 #832
1901 — 11 11 #668
1900 — 15 15 #670
1899 — 8 8 #830
1898 — 15 15 #571
1897 — 16 16 #509
1896 — 24 24 #406
1895 — 26 26 #381
1894 — 9 9 #769
1893 — 6 6 #958
1891 — 5 5 #1,022
1890 — 9 9 #715
1887 — 5 5 #981
1885 — 9 9 #681
1883 — 8 8 #707
1882 — 5 5 #992
1881 — 10 10 #591
1880 — 5 5 #942