# Brad (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brad/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /bɹæd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 83,293 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 83,060 / 233 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,321, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 8 | 6,146 |
| 1974 | 13 | 4,486 |
| 1975 | 8 | 6,552 |
| 1976 | 16 | 3,979 |
| 1977 | 11 | 5,564 |
| 1978 | 15 | 4,475 |
| 1979 | 16 | 4,436 |
| 1980 | 11 | 5,950 |
| 1981 | 9 | 6,856 |
| 1982 | 11 | 5,963 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,443 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,260 |
| 1985 | 7 | 8,435 |
| 1986 | 5 | 11,094 |
| 1987 | 10 | 6,845 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 117 | 1,411 |
| 2012 | 99 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 86 | 1,711 |
| 2014 | 76 | 1,908 |
| 2015 | 88 | 1,744 |
| 2016 | 50 | 2,521 |
| 2017 | 55 | 2,351 |
| 2018 | 54 | 2,419 |
| 2019 | 40 | 2,999 |
| 2020 | 41 | 2,889 |
| 2021 | 36 | 3,251 |
| 2022 | 32 | 3,545 |
| 2023 | 28 | 3,901 |
| 2024 | 26 | 4,091 |
| 2025 | 24 | 4,267 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 24 | 1,048 |
| 2009 | 13 | 1,649 |
| 2010 | 11 | 1,911 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |

## People named Brad

- Brad Pitt, American actor (born 1963)
- Brad Dourif, American actor (born 1950)
- Brad Delson, American guitarist and rock musician
- Brad Renfro, American actor (1982–2008)
- Brad Friedel, American soccer player and coach
- Brad Bird, American film director, animator, screenwriter and producer (born 1957)
- Brad Garrett, American actor and stand-up comedian
- Brad Paisley, American country musician (born 1972)
- Brad Jones, Australian association football player
- Brad Davis, American actor (1949–1991)
- Brad Davis, American soccer player
- Brad Gilbert, American tennis player and coach

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.