Bradley — #364 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bradley

The Social Security Administration has registered 312,200 babies named Bradley between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bradley currently holds the #364 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 7,209 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bradley performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 69,354 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Bradley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 24,086 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Bradley in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bradley 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 312,200 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.