Bradshaw - boys' name
68 babies named Bradshaw in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
68 boys have been named Bradshaw since 1951, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2007.
- 68
- total births
- 1951–2007
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Bradshaw was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Bradshaw in 2007 - its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bradshaw
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Bradshaw between 1951 and 2007, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bradshaw currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bradshaw performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Bradshaw shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bradshaw 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 68 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.
Bradshaw at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bradshaw popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2007
- Peak year (2007)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2007.
68 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 10 births in a single year.
Bradshaw by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 29 births that decade - 43% of Bradshaw's all-time total
Bradshaw decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Bradshaw's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–2007 (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.