Bradlyn — #11727 US boys' name
34 babies named Bradlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to boys today.
53% of everyone ever named Bradlyn was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Bradlyn in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bradlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Bradlyn between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bradlyn currently holds the #11727 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Bradlyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2019.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bradlyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bradlyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bradlyn 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 34 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.
Bradlyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Bradlyn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2019)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #11727 among boys.
34 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 7 births in a single year.
Bradlyn popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2019 (Bradlyn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Bradlyn accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Bradlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 18 births that decade — 53% of Bradlyn's all-time total
Bradlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Bradlyn's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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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, 2008–2024 (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.