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Bradlee

#4,267 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Broad + woodland, through Bradley

Bradlee has been given to 3,870 babies in the U.S. since 1947. In 2025 it ranked #4,267 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 107 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Bradlee, 2025

1 in 138,000

Bradlee over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Bradlee over time

In 2025, Bradlee went to 27% girls and 73% boys.

19472025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Bradlee: meaning, origin, and history

Broad + woodland, through Bradley

surname transfer

What Bradlee means

Bradlee belongs to the name family reached through Bradlee → Bradley. Its meaning is “broad + woodland”.

Origin, language, and formation

Bradlee is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Bradlee is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bradley.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,470 boys were recorded with the name Bradlee between 1947 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 107 in 2012; its best national rank was #1,166 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,553 in 2020 to #4,267 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,959 in 2015 to #4,267 in 2025.

In the United States, 400 girls were recorded with the name Bradlee between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 42 in 2015; its best national rank was #3,663 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,347 in 2020 to #10,233 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,663 in 2015 to #10,233 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bradlee?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 138,000
24 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 71,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,267
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
95,747 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bradlee sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 95,747 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bradlee. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bradlees were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bradlee was born before 1999 — so the typical Bradlee is around 26 today.

Median birth year
1999
About 26 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
23.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
47.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,456
People you could plausibly meet
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2000s — 23.6% of all recorded uses (820).

Is Bradlee rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−178
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,714
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,308
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.32×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
22.4%
Peak was 2012 (107)
Years since peak
13
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,166
1996

Spellings of Bradlee

Bradlee is not the most common spelling — Bradley is, with 80.0% against Bradlee's 0.89%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Bradlee is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Bradlee was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 137,743 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 50,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 50,000
  3. 3California1 in 100,000
  4. 4Indiana1 in 100,000
  5. 5Kentucky1 in 100,000
  6. 6Michigan1 in 100,000
  7. 7Ohio1 in 100,000
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Bradlee has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Bradlee is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Bradlee was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 945,380 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Louisiana1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Bradlee has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Bradlee around the world

Where Bradlee ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2016
    #4,810
    in 2016
  • Northern Ireland
    2003–2003
    #299
    in 2003
  • Canada
    1995–2006
    #2,152
    in 2006
  • South Australia
    1976–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Bradlee

People whose public names include Bradlee, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Bradlee by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,267
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,714
Best rank ever
#1,166
1996
Peak year
2012
107 that year
First recorded
1947
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,470
Count in 2025
24

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,233
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,886
Best rank ever
#3,663
2015
Peak year
2015
42 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
400
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Bradlee

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BrantleeBraysonBraylinBraedonBraxleeBrandinBrannonBrandynBraytonBraulioBraedynBrandanBraxtynBraxtenBraidenBransonBraelynBraylanBradynBraydanBraydinBrandyBrayleeBrando

Names with a curve like Bradlee

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Bradlee, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JoseluisJavanMathieuRayshawnRomelDomonicMontrellDeseanStefanoChristoferDeanthonyKamal

Sibling names for Bradlee

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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