Boys' name · since 1969
Bradely
55 babies named Bradely in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,478 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 55
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
55 boys have been named Bradely since 1969, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Bradely has 55 recorded births among boys since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1989.
- #21,478 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 55 born since 1969
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bradely ranks #21,478 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1969, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,478 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 55
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Bradely's 55 recorded births place it above 52.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bradely's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bradely splits its recorded history at 1986: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1969 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bradely popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1989
- Peak year (1969)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Bradely by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (35 births, 64% of the file).
1980s was Bradely's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Bradely births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 1980s
1980s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 35 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bradely: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bradely draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.