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Bradly

#7,747 in 2025Boys' name

Broad + woodland, through Bradley

Bradly has been given to 9,354 babies in the U.S. since 1946. In 2025 it ranked #7,747 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 254 recorded.

Babies named Bradly, 2025

1 in 332,000

Bradly 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bradly: meaning, origin, and history

Broad + woodland, through Bradley

surname transfer

What Bradly means

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

Origin, language, and formation

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

Bradly 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, 9,343 boys were recorded with the name Bradly between 1946 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 254 in 1990; its best national rank was #583 in 1982.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,737 in 2020 to #7,747 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,237 in 2015 to #7,747 in 2025.

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Bradly between 1986 and 1990. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1990; its best national rank was #11,090 in 1986.

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 Bradly?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,747
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bradly 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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bradly. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bradlys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bradly was born before 1986 — so the typical Bradly is around 39 today.

Median birth year
1986
About 39 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
22.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
17.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
9,286
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 22.6% of all recorded uses (2,111).

Is Bradly 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
−1,806
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,010
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,510
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.29×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
3.9%
Peak was 1990 (254)
Years since peak
35
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#583
1982

Spellings of Bradly

Bradly is not the most common spelling — Bradley is, with 44.5% against Bradly's 1.3%.

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 Bradly is used

Across 1910–2025, Bradly was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in 10,000 boys, against 1 in 25,730 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in 100,000).

110 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in 10,000
  2. 2Minnesota1 in 12,500
  3. 3Oregon1 in 12,500
  4. 4Indiana1 in 14,286
  5. 5Michigan1 in 14,286
  6. 6Ohio1 in 14,286
  7. 7Washington1 in 14,286
  8. 8Wisconsin1 in 14,286

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. Bradly has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Bradly around the world

Where Bradly 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
    1996–2009
    #3,227
    in 2009
  • Canada
    1991–2012
    #2,715
    in 2012
  • South Australia
    1948–2000
    #556
    in 2000

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS 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 Bradly

People whose public names include Bradly, 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.

Bradly by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,747
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,010
Best rank ever
#583
1982
Peak year
1990
254 that year
First recorded
1946
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,343
Count in 2025
10

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,090
1986
Peak year
1990
6 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
1990
All-time count
11
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Bradly

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

BrandtBrayanBradynBrantBransonBraidenBraylenBraedenBraydonBrandanBraulioBrandyBrandynBrannonBraylonBrandoBradonBradenBraedonBradleeBrandenBraysonBraylinBrandin

Names with a curve like Bradly

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

BrantHeribertoArronTyronDericWilfredoRodrickShayneCedrickKurtisNorbertoGarrick

Sibling names for Bradly

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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