Brad is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1960 and has since faded.
Brad is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,267 for boy births in the United States (and #9,124 across all names), given to 24 babies. Brad was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1960 (2,644 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,267 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,091 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,901 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,545 |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,251 |
| 2020 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,889 |
| 2019 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,999 |
| 2018 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,419 |
| 2017 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,351 |
| 2016 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,521 |
| 2015 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,744 |
| 2014 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,908 |
| 2013 | 86 | 86 | — | #1,711 |
| 2012 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,589 |
| 2011 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,411 |
| 2010 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,415 |
| 2009 | 145 | 145 | — | #1,234 |
| 2008 | 166 | 166 | — | #1,105 |
| 2007 | 206 | 206 | — | #955 |
| 2006 | 214 | 214 | — | #906 |
| 2005 | 228 | 228 | — | #824 |
| 2004 | 212 | 212 | — | #838 |
| 2003 | 215 | 215 | — | #809 |
| 2002 | 231 | 231 | — | #749 |
| 2001 | 263 | 263 | — | #685 |
| 2000 | 289 | 289 | — | #632 |
| 1999 | 307 | 307 | — | #603 |
| 1998 | 338 | 338 | — | #579 |
| 1997 | 388 | — | — | #521 |
| 1996 | 419 | — | — | #498 |
| 1995 | 398 | — | — | #513 |
| 1994 | 383 | — | — | #516 |
| 1993 | 456 | — | — | #463 |
| 1992 | 471 | — | — | #461 |
| 1991 | 566 | — | — | #401 |
| 1990 | 649 | — | — | #363 |
| 1989 | 750 | — | — | #320 |
| 1988 | 834 | — | — | #278 |
| 1987 | 1,036 | — | #6,845 | #228 |
| 1986 | 1,107 | — | #11,094 | #216 |
| 1985 | 1,150 | — | #8,435 | #211 |
| 1984 | 1,243 | — | #9,260 | #196 |
| 1983 | 1,476 | — | #10,443 | #175 |
| 1982 | 1,698 | — | #5,963 | #163 |
| 1981 | 1,967 | — | #6,856 | #143 |
| 1980 | 2,382 | — | #5,950 | #116 |
| 1979 | 2,350 | — | #4,436 | #115 |
| 1978 | 2,121 | — | #4,475 | #123 |
| 1977 | 2,535 | — | #5,564 | #106 |
| 1976 | 2,454 | — | #3,979 | #108 |
| 1975 | 2,616 | — | #6,552 | #98 |
| 1974 | 2,496 | — | #4,486 | #105 |
| 1973 | 1,893 | — | #6,146 | #137 |
| 1972 | 1,757 | — | #5,517 | #149 |
| 1971 | 2,175 | — | #4,837 | #139 |
| 1970 | 2,340 | — | #4,257 | #139 |
| 1969 | 2,117 | — | #4,453 | #145 |
| 1968 | 1,715 | — | #6,323 | #158 |
| 1967 | 1,777 | — | #6,096 | #155 |
| 1966 | 1,896 | — | — | #150 |
| 1965 | 2,091 | — | — | #148 |
| 1964 | 2,285 | — | #5,527 | #143 |
| 1963 | 2,273 | — | — | #146 |
| 1962 | 2,082 | — | — | #158 |
| 1961 | 2,508 | — | #5,350 | #142 |
| 1960 | 2,651 | — | #5,219 | #134 |
| 1959 | 2,347 | — | — | #149 |
| 1958 | 2,255 | — | — | #151 |
| 1957 | 2,191 | — | — | #153 |
| 1956 | 2,254 | — | — | #142 |
| 1955 | 1,882 | — | #5,911 | #153 |
| 1954 | 1,846 | — | — | #154 |
| 1953 | 1,650 | — | — | #164 |
| 1952 | 966 | — | — | #212 |
| 1951 | 615 | — | — | #273 |
| 1950 | 460 | — | — | #320 |
| 1949 | 307 | — | — | #384 |
| 1948 | 266 | — | — | #414 |
| 1947 | 230 | — | — | #441 |
| 1946 | 163 | — | — | #506 |
| 1945 | 73 | — | — | #709 |
| 1944 | 67 | — | — | #761 |
| 1943 | 65 | — | — | #817 |
| 1942 | 60 | — | — | #840 |
| 1941 | 36 | — | — | #1,093 |
| 1940 | 31 | — | — | #1,211 |
| 1939 | 30 | — | — | #1,199 |
| 1938 | 18 | — | — | #1,620 |
| 1937 | 30 | — | — | #1,212 |
| 1936 | 19 | — | — | #1,550 |
| 1935 | 27 | — | — | #1,298 |
| 1934 | 17 | — | — | #1,729 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | — | #2,111 |
| 1932 | 7 | — | — | #3,122 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | — | #2,497 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | — | #3,054 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | — | #4,031 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | — | #3,754 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | — | #2,934 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | — | #4,278 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | — | #2,621 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | — | #3,777 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | — | #4,055 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | — | #3,311 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | — | #833 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #929 |