Bradford is an established boys' name that peaked in 1953 and has since faded.
Bradford is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,522 for boy births in the United States (and #7,590 across all names), given to 32 babies. Bradford first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1953 (779 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,522 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,965 |
| 2023 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,662 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,972 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,631 |
| 2020 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,553 |
| 2019 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,663 |
| 2018 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,103 |
| 2017 | 70 | 70 | — | #2,018 |
| 2016 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,068 |
| 2015 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,171 |
| 2014 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,886 |
| 2013 | 64 | 64 | — | #2,093 |
| 2012 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,821 |
| 2011 | 73 | 73 | — | #1,907 |
| 2010 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,852 |
| 2009 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,895 |
| 2008 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,296 |
| 2007 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,578 |
| 2006 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,552 |
| 2005 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,486 |
| 2004 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,425 |
| 2003 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,344 |
| 2002 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,140 |
| 2001 | 103 | 103 | — | #1,284 |
| 2000 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,130 |
| 1999 | 151 | 151 | — | #956 |
| 1998 | 176 | 176 | — | #835 |
| 1997 | 177 | — | — | #821 |
| 1996 | 211 | — | — | #728 |
| 1995 | 216 | — | — | #727 |
| 1994 | 243 | — | — | #665 |
| 1993 | 267 | — | — | #630 |
| 1992 | 270 | — | — | #627 |
| 1991 | 277 | — | — | #614 |
| 1990 | 304 | — | — | #581 |
| 1989 | 353 | — | — | #508 |
| 1988 | 368 | — | — | #479 |
| 1987 | 446 | — | #11,501 | #416 |
| 1986 | 387 | — | — | #437 |
| 1985 | 453 | — | — | #398 |
| 1984 | 473 | — | — | #372 |
| 1983 | 480 | — | — | #365 |
| 1982 | 561 | — | — | #335 |
| 1981 | 599 | — | — | #319 |
| 1980 | 630 | — | — | #308 |
| 1979 | 614 | — | — | #314 |
| 1978 | 599 | — | — | #301 |
| 1977 | 608 | — | #9,789 | #312 |
| 1976 | 598 | — | #9,443 | #301 |
| 1975 | 563 | — | #6,553 | #323 |
| 1974 | 602 | — | — | #305 |
| 1973 | 494 | — | — | #343 |
| 1972 | 469 | — | — | #357 |
| 1971 | 569 | — | — | #328 |
| 1970 | 612 | — | — | #318 |
| 1969 | 601 | — | — | #311 |
| 1968 | 541 | — | #6,324 | #330 |
| 1967 | 563 | — | #6,897 | #315 |
| 1966 | 525 | — | — | #328 |
| 1965 | 581 | — | — | #316 |
| 1964 | 602 | — | — | #317 |
| 1963 | 611 | — | — | #320 |
| 1962 | 535 | — | — | #338 |
| 1961 | 579 | — | — | #327 |
| 1960 | 667 | — | — | #298 |
| 1959 | 619 | — | — | #310 |
| 1958 | 620 | — | — | #304 |
| 1957 | 675 | — | — | #284 |
| 1956 | 720 | — | — | #273 |
| 1955 | 705 | — | #5,912 | #267 |
| 1954 | 773 | — | — | #249 |
| 1953 | 779 | — | — | #240 |
| 1952 | 656 | — | — | #269 |
| 1951 | 575 | — | — | #285 |
| 1950 | 576 | — | — | #275 |
| 1949 | 496 | — | — | #305 |
| 1948 | 376 | — | — | #347 |
| 1947 | 327 | — | — | #380 |
| 1946 | 251 | — | — | #402 |
| 1945 | 184 | — | — | #440 |
| 1944 | 191 | — | — | #442 |
| 1943 | 173 | — | — | #470 |
| 1942 | 159 | — | — | #486 |
| 1941 | 135 | — | — | #506 |
| 1940 | 126 | — | — | #517 |
| 1939 | 128 | — | — | #500 |
| 1938 | 107 | — | — | #565 |
| 1937 | 130 | — | — | #504 |
| 1936 | 102 | — | — | #572 |
| 1935 | 92 | — | — | #606 |
| 1934 | 96 | — | — | #602 |
| 1933 | 82 | — | — | #637 |
| 1932 | 86 | — | — | #657 |
| 1931 | 87 | — | — | #633 |
| 1930 | 88 | — | — | #662 |
| 1929 | 84 | — | — | #668 |
| 1928 | 85 | — | — | #686 |
| 1927 | 96 | — | — | #647 |
| 1926 | 98 | — | — | #637 |
| 1925 | 76 | — | — | #755 |
| 1924 | 76 | — | — | #772 |
| 1923 | 73 | — | — | #771 |
| 1922 | 71 | — | — | #794 |
| 1921 | 85 | — | — | #708 |
| 1920 | 74 | — | — | #767 |
| 1919 | 69 | — | — | #778 |
| 1918 | 70 | — | — | #780 |
| 1917 | 72 | — | — | #726 |
| 1916 | 72 | — | — | #699 |
| 1915 | 69 | — | — | #707 |
| 1914 | 50 | — | — | #745 |
| 1913 | 38 | — | — | #762 |
| 1912 | 43 | — | — | #635 |
| 1911 | 22 | — | — | #671 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | — | #1,211 |
| 1909 | 15 | — | — | #721 |
| 1908 | 11 | — | — | #833 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | — | #937 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | — | #1,266 |
| 1905 | 11 | — | — | #747 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | — | #892 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | — | #802 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | — | #1,069 |
| 1900 | 13 | — | — | #702 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | — | #751 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | — | #1,083 |
| 1896 | 13 | — | — | #598 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | — | #642 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,098 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | — | #845 |
| 1891 | 9 | — | — | #651 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | — | #990 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | — | #1,055 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | — | #954 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #930 |