How rare is the name Bradly?

7,148 people in the United States have the first name Bradly, about 1 in 42,254. It ranks #3,085 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRADLY

#3,085

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,148
About
1 in 42,254
This common or more
81.6%
Who bears it

Of the 7,148 people named Bradly, 85% reported their origin as White, 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% as two or more races. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bradly peaked in 1990, when 260 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
260
In 2025*
10 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,354 babies have been given the name since 1946. 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.

Bradly by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,388. The largest share of babies named Bradly, 35.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#6,54357
1950s#2,250567
1960s#1,6601,163
1970s#1,4691,629
1980s#1,3882,116
1990s#1,7121,986
2000s#2,8601,235
2010s#5,586509
2020s#12,31792
Baby boom 1946–6412.5%
Generation X 1965–8026.4%
Millennials 1981–9635.5%
Generation Z 1997–1221.7%
2013 and later3.9%

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 Bradly is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bradly has been most common in Iowa (3.1×), Oregon (2.3×), and Minnesota (2.3×), and least common in Virginia (0.23×).

5,806 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 Bradly

#3,083 Jazmyn · 7,165#3,084 Miah · 7,153#3,086 Yajaira · 7,143#3,087 Aja · 7,142

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bradly, most common first.

#240 Bradley · 237,481#37,394 Bradely · 209

Also a last name

As a last name, Bradly ranks #42,600 of 156,621, with 548 people. See Bradly as a last name

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