Bradley is a very popular boys' name that peaked in 1980 and has since faded.
Bradley is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #403 among boys (794) and #3,994 among girls (36) — overall #764 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 830 | 830 | #3,994 | #403 |
| 2024 | 962 | 962 | #3,087 | #362 |
| 2023 | 957 | 957 | #3,283 | #359 |
| 2022 | 1,014 | 1,014 | #2,766 | #345 |
| 2021 | 1,132 | 1,132 | #2,897 | #313 |
| 2020 | 1,283 | 1,283 | #3,346 | #273 |
| 2019 | 1,496 | 1,496 | #3,050 | #253 |
| 2018 | 1,544 | 1,544 | #3,299 | #247 |
| 2017 | 1,698 | 1,698 | #3,255 | #230 |
| 2016 | 2,112 | 2,112 | #2,909 | #197 |
| 2015 | 2,453 | 2,460 | #3,218 | #173 |
| 2014 | 2,373 | 2,380 | #3,600 | #183 |
| 2013 | 2,360 | 2,366 | #4,668 | #176 |
| 2012 | 2,315 | 2,320 | #7,878 | #169 |
| 2011 | 2,176 | 2,184 | #7,859 | #177 |
| 2010 | 2,008 | 2,015 | #8,799 | #185 |
| 2009 | 1,964 | 1,964 | #8,982 | #196 |
| 2008 | 1,961 | 1,966 | #12,771 | #201 |
| 2007 | 2,087 | 2,094 | #9,643 | #194 |
| 2006 | 2,150 | 2,156 | #8,806 | #188 |
| 2005 | 2,426 | 2,432 | #6,870 | #173 |
| 2004 | 2,328 | 2,336 | #6,006 | #176 |
| 2003 | 2,406 | 2,419 | #8,602 | #165 |
| 2002 | 2,660 | 2,668 | #7,101 | #149 |
| 2001 | 2,740 | 2,758 | #8,857 | #145 |
| 2000 | 3,035 | 3,058 | #5,978 | #131 |
| 1999 | 3,593 | 3,613 | #5,938 | #104 |
| 1998 | 3,818 | 3,837 | #4,651 | #101 |
| 1997 | 4,137 | — | #6,905 | #94 |
| 1996 | 4,777 | — | #4,606 | #83 |
| 1995 | 4,787 | — | #4,363 | #78 |
| 1994 | 4,695 | — | #5,473 | #83 |
| 1993 | 5,152 | — | #5,706 | #73 |
| 1992 | 5,117 | — | #5,077 | #72 |
| 1991 | 5,750 | — | #3,831 | #67 |
| 1990 | 6,454 | — | #5,320 | #65 |
| 1989 | 7,002 | — | #3,905 | #58 |
| 1988 | 7,046 | — | #3,319 | #57 |
| 1987 | 6,974 | — | #1,992 | #56 |
| 1986 | 7,094 | — | #2,120 | #54 |
| 1985 | 7,048 | — | #2,602 | #53 |
| 1984 | 6,623 | — | #1,888 | #53 |
| 1983 | 6,771 | — | #2,668 | #52 |
| 1982 | 7,021 | — | #2,187 | #51 |
| 1981 | 6,939 | — | #2,269 | #50 |
| 1980 | 7,262 | — | #2,017 | #51 |
| 1979 | 6,954 | — | #2,800 | #47 |
| 1978 | 6,135 | — | #2,310 | #53 |
| 1977 | 6,465 | — | #2,524 | #49 |
| 1976 | 6,004 | — | #2,735 | #51 |
| 1975 | 5,926 | — | #2,459 | #52 |
| 1974 | 5,201 | — | #2,624 | #58 |
| 1973 | 4,769 | — | #3,132 | #62 |
| 1972 | 4,865 | — | #2,690 | #61 |
| 1971 | 5,810 | — | #2,483 | #58 |
| 1970 | 6,842 | — | #2,865 | #47 |
| 1969 | 6,417 | — | #2,460 | #53 |
| 1968 | 4,825 | — | #2,797 | #57 |
| 1967 | 4,357 | — | #3,358 | #66 |
| 1966 | 4,572 | — | #3,050 | #68 |
| 1965 | 4,803 | — | #3,160 | #72 |
| 1964 | 4,972 | — | #3,894 | #77 |
| 1963 | 4,776 | — | #4,042 | #82 |
| 1962 | 4,646 | — | #4,565 | #87 |
| 1961 | 4,754 | — | #4,570 | #87 |
| 1960 | 4,753 | — | #5,220 | #90 |
| 1959 | 4,067 | — | #3,115 | #103 |
| 1958 | 3,743 | — | #4,220 | #108 |
| 1957 | 3,536 | — | #4,571 | #107 |
| 1956 | 3,519 | — | — | #103 |
| 1955 | 3,189 | — | #5,278 | #107 |
| 1954 | 3,245 | — | #5,823 | #106 |
| 1953 | 2,771 | — | #4,631 | #118 |
| 1952 | 2,045 | — | — | #141 |
| 1951 | 1,810 | — | — | #146 |
| 1950 | 1,637 | — | #5,378 | #152 |
| 1949 | 1,317 | — | #4,730 | #174 |
| 1948 | 1,029 | — | — | #192 |
| 1947 | 835 | — | #5,385 | #221 |
| 1946 | 561 | — | — | #270 |
| 1945 | 310 | — | — | #339 |
| 1944 | 307 | — | — | #341 |
| 1943 | 329 | — | — | #339 |
| 1942 | 342 | — | — | #327 |
| 1941 | 286 | — | — | #343 |
| 1940 | 227 | — | — | #380 |
| 1939 | 206 | — | — | #395 |
| 1938 | 207 | — | — | #396 |
| 1937 | 216 | — | — | #376 |
| 1936 | 215 | — | — | #373 |
| 1935 | 237 | — | — | #357 |
| 1934 | 166 | — | — | #437 |
| 1933 | 160 | — | — | #436 |
| 1932 | 140 | — | — | #484 |
| 1931 | 161 | — | — | #444 |
| 1930 | 122 | — | — | #543 |
| 1929 | 110 | — | — | #564 |
| 1928 | 110 | — | — | #589 |
| 1927 | 91 | — | — | #670 |
| 1926 | 81 | — | — | #709 |
| 1925 | 79 | — | — | #731 |
| 1924 | 86 | — | — | #710 |
| 1923 | 80 | — | — | #729 |
| 1922 | 86 | — | — | #703 |
| 1921 | 64 | — | — | #869 |
| 1920 | 92 | — | #4,459 | #692 |
| 1919 | 53 | — | — | #919 |
| 1918 | 81 | — | — | #702 |
| 1917 | 49 | — | — | #910 |
| 1916 | 70 | — | — | #715 |
| 1915 | 66 | — | — | #734 |
| 1914 | 44 | — | — | #797 |
| 1913 | 42 | — | — | #713 |
| 1912 | 36 | — | — | #714 |
| 1911 | 21 | — | — | #692 |
| 1910 | 17 | — | — | #731 |
| 1909 | 19 | — | — | #617 |
| 1908 | 18 | — | — | #613 |
| 1907 | 14 | — | — | #704 |
| 1906 | 12 | — | — | #715 |
| 1905 | 9 | — | — | #846 |
| 1904 | 15 | — | — | #588 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | — | #1,025 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | — | #803 |
| 1901 | 11 | — | — | #639 |
| 1900 | 15 | — | — | #651 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | — | #793 |
| 1898 | 15 | — | — | #546 |
| 1897 | 16 | — | — | #499 |
| 1896 | 24 | — | — | #400 |
| 1895 | 26 | — | — | #370 |
| 1894 | 9 | — | — | #739 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | — | #926 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | — | #991 |
| 1890 | 9 | — | — | #671 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | — | #947 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | — | #650 |
| 1883 | 8 | — | — | #687 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | — | #958 |
| 1881 | 10 | — | — | #567 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #931 |