Bradford — #2992 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bradford

The Social Security Administration has registered 32,042 babies named Bradford between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bradford currently holds the #2992 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 780 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bradford performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 6,692 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Bradford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 2,733 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Bradford in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bradford 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 32,042 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.