first name
BRAD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 99,078 people named Brad, 91.3% reported their origin as White, 2.9% as Black and 2.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Brad peaked in 1960, when 2,651 babies got the name.
At least 83,293 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Brad by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #261. The largest share of babies named Brad, 41.7%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Brad is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brad has been most common in Utah (3×), Idaho (2.5×), and Wyoming (2.4×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.22×).
80,110 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Brad
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brad, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Brad ranks #58,829 of 156,621, with 372 people. See Brad as a last name
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