first name
BRADY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 84,835 people named Brady, 89.6% reported their origin as White, 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% as two or more races. 97.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Brady peaked in 2007, when 5,015 babies got the name.
At least 98,908 babies have been given the name since 1883. 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.
Brady by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #217. The largest share of babies named Brady, 50.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Brady is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brady has been most common in Utah (3.2×), North Dakota (3.1×), and South Dakota (2.3×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.13×).
93,175 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 Brady
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brady, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Brady ranks #465 of 156,621, with 70,047 people. See Brady as a last name
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