NameTides

Bradley

Bradley was the #403 boys' name in the US in 2025 (794 babies), and #352 in England & Wales and #629 in Canada.

Bradley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Bradley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
Bradley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#403 (794)#352 (119)#253 (16)#270 (6)#372 (10)#629 (45)—
2024#362 (910)#364 (119)#246 (16)#404 (3)#520 (6)#478 (63)—
2023#359 (908)#357 (118)#231 (18)—#516 (6)#504 (55)—
2022#345 (952)#340 (127)#203 (21)#264 (7)#293 (15)#383 (79)—
2021#313 (1,074)#263 (175)#153 (33)#326 (5)#312 (14)#392 (77)—
2020#273 (1,237)#280 (167)#213 (20)#270 (6)#183 (27)#356 (88)—
2019#253 (1,443)#219 (234)#158 (34)#254 (7)#179 (31)#326 (99)—
2018#247 (1,496)#196 (269)#162 (33)#255 (7)#187 (30)#297 (114)—
2017#230 (1,649)#175 (318)#177 (31)#214 (9)#210 (27)#284 (126)—
2016#197 (2,054)#151 (388)#181 (32)#166 (15)#263 (18)#296 (118)—
2015#173 (2,402)#141 (407)#149 (39)#222 (9)#130 (47)#234 (153)—
2014#183 (2,330)#130 (470)#120 (52)#152 (18)#168 (38)#263 (132)—
2013#176 (2,330)#117 (510)#150 (38)#237 (8)#181 (35)#220 (162)—
2012#169 (2,300)#102 (619)#147 (40)#142 (19)#250 (21)#226 (157)—
2011#177 (2,161)#105 (615)#200 (25)#155 (17)#204 (28)#237 (139)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1980 at #51.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Bradley is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,100 to 1 in 2,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bradley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #403WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #420MNIllinois: #513ILMichigan: #461MINew York: #399NYMassachusetts: #307MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #362NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #379INOhio: #411OHPennsylvania: #415PANew Jersey: #279NJConnecticut: #361CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #482CAUtah: #378UTColorado: #501CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #457MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #296VAMaryland: #344MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #527AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #352KSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #259TNNorth Carolina: #461NCSouth Carolina: #385SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #328OKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #333ALGeorgia: #357GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #439TXFlorida: #300FL
Bradley (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#67617

Bradley (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BradleyCanadaGirls—too few
BradleyCanadaBoys#62945
BradleyEngland & WalesBoys#352119
BradleyIrelandBoys#37210
BradleyNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
BradleyNSWBoys—too few
BradleyScotlandBoys#25316
BradleyUSGirls#3,97536
BradleyUSBoys#403794