EveryBabyNames

Brad

4 countries#4249 in United States, 2025
US
#4249
in United States, 2025
FR
#3308
in France, 2022
SCOT
242
total births, Scotland
NI
48
total births, Northern Ireland
Total births recorded
84,100
Peak year (United States)
1960
Peak-year count
2,651
First recorded
1880

Popularity across 4 countries

Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Brad was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
United StatesFranceScotlandNorthern Ireland

Country by country

United States

83,293 births recorded 1880–2025 · currently #4249 · peaked in 1960 with 2,651 births

Most common in: California, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan

Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data

France

517 births recorded 1992–2022 · currently #3308 · peaked in 2009 with 36 births

Most common in: Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-d'Oise, Paris, Nord, Alpes-Maritimes

Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data

Scotland

242 births recorded 1984–2014 · peaked in 1998 with 30 births

Source: National Records of Scotland, official birth-registration data

Northern Ireland

48 births recorded 1997–2005 · peaked in 1997 with 11 births

Source: NISRA, official birth-registration data

United States rank history

Brad’s rank among boys’ names, most recent 20 years on record.

YearRankvs. prior yr
2006#906
2007#955↓49
2008#1105↓150
2009#1232↓127
2010#1415↓183
2011#1411↑4
2012#1588↓177
2013#1709↓121
2014#1907↓198
2015#1740↑167
2016#2518↓778
2017#2345↑173
2018#2417↓72
2019#2993↓576
2020#2886↑107
2021#3242↓356
2022#3533↓291
2023#3883↓350
2024#4072↓189
2025#4249↓177

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