# Brady (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brady/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English of English origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 73,145 |
| US rank (2010) | 450 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,221 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (71,175 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹeɪdi/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Bradish |

## Etymology

From Old English brād (“broad”) + ēage (“eye”) and brād (“broad”) + ēġ (“island”); or from Irish Ó Brádaigh.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brady in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brady in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Brady

- Tom Brady, American football player (born 1977)
- Alice Brady, American actress (1892–1939)
- Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, and television personality
- Mathew Benjamin Brady, American photographer (c. 1823 – 1896)
- Chris Brady, American soccer player
- Scott Brady, American actor (1924-1985)
- Charles E. Brady Jr., American astronaut (1951–2006)
- Nicholas F. Brady, American politician (born 1930)
- Kevin Brady, American politician
- Millie Brady, British actress
- Erin Brady, American beauty pageant titleholder
- Bob Brady, American politician (born 1945)

and 10 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Brody, Bard, Braddy, Braud, Broad, Broady, Brod, Broadway, Bradt, Bradway, Barrett, Byrd.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.