How common is the surname Brady?

73,145 people in the United States had the surname Brady in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,221 Americans. It ranked 450th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brady?

Tom Brady, American football player (born 1977), followed by Alice Brady.

Where is the surname Brady most common?

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

How do you pronounce Brady?

Brady is /ˈbɹeɪdi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Brady getting more or less common?

More common. 71,175 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 73,145 in 2010, up 2.8%.

Is Brady also a first name?

Yes. Brady is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Brady

An Irish place surname, carried by 73,145 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɹeɪdi/ 2 syllables Soundex B630 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brady is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

Brady is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 73,145 people named Brady in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,221 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 71,175.

#450

rank among US surnames

73,145

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #411)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#441	Doyle	74,458	4,147
#442	Garner	74,324	4,154
#443	Newton	74,092	4,167
#444	Burgess	73,931	4,176
#445	Reese	73,919	4,177
#446	Walton	73,854	4,180
#447	Blake	73,797	4,184

Who is named Brady

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Brady identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bradys

22 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Brady
American football player (born 1977)
Alice Brady
American actress (1892–1939)
Wayne Brady
American actor, comedian, and television personality, born 1972
Mathew Benjamin Brady
American photographer (c. 1823 – 1896)
Chris Brady
American soccer player, born 2004
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, born 1955
Millie Brady
British actress, born 1993
Erin Brady
American beauty pageant titleholder, born 1987
Bob Brady
American politician (born 1945)

Notable Bradys come mostly from the United States (20) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Bradish

Surnames that sound like Brady

Brady has the Soundex code B630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B630.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brady come from?: From Old English brād (“broad”) + ēage (“eye”) and brād (“broad”) + ēġ (“island”); or from Irish Ó Brádaigh.
How common is the surname Brady?: 73,145 people in the United States had the surname Brady in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,221 Americans. It ranked 450th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brady?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Brady identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brady?: Tom Brady, American football player (born 1977), followed by Alice Brady.
Where is the surname Brady most common?: Wikidata records people named Brady in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Brady?: Brady is /ˈbɹeɪdi/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Brady?: Brady is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Brady getting more or less common?: More common. 71,175 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 73,145 in 2010, up 2.8%.
What are other spellings of Brady?: Bradish.
Is Brady also a first name?: Yes. Brady is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.