How Many People Are Named Brad?
people named Brad are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,867 people in the US has this name
Based on 83,293 babies named Brad in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,651 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of BRADLEY, BRADFORD, and other names beginning with Brad. A famous bearer is American actor Brad Pitt (1963-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Brad (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brad alive today is about 52 years old, and 61% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 44 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brad first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1960, to 2,651 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Brad never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #98, in 1975, and it was in the top 100 in 1975. In 2025 it ranked #4,266.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,266 |
| Best rank | #98 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | 1 (1975 to 1975) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #123 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brad alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brad were born in California than in any other state: about 5,822 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brad was given 3.1 times as often in Utah, 2.5 times in Idaho and 2.2 times in Iowa.
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