Brad — #4060 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Brad

The Social Security Administration has registered 83,042 babies named Brad between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brad currently holds the #4060 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 2,647 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brad performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 22,619 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Brad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,236 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Brad in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brad in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 83,042 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.