Bradleigh — #8582 US girls' name
471 babies named Bradleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Bradleigh was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Bradleigh in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bradleigh
The Social Security Administration has registered 471 babies named Bradleigh between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bradleigh currently holds the #8582 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bradleigh performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 233 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Bradleigh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Bradleigh in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bradleigh 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 471 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.
Bradleigh at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Bradleigh popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2014)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #8582 among girls.
471 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 41 births in a single year.
Bradleigh popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 2005 (Bradleigh as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Bradleigh accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Bradleigh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 233 births that decade — 49% of Bradleigh's all-time total
Bradleigh decade highlights
- Peak decade 233 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Bradleigh's strongest decade
233 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Bradleigh by state
Where Bradleigh concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
Top 5 states
- Alabama 1.5% of nationwide
- Texas 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1987–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.