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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Bradley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bradley” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Bradley” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Bradley” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Bradley” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Bradley” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Bradley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bradley” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 -100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 26 0.00007407 26 -100%
1896 24 0.000067136 24 -100%
1897 16 0.000046115 16 -100%
1898 15 0.000039323 15 -100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 -100%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 -100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 -100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1904 15 0.000037176 15 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 12 0.000028008 12 -100%
1907 14 0.000030082 14 -100%
1908 18 0.000036836 18 -100%
1909 19 0.000037166 19 -100%
1910 17 0.000028779 17 -100%
1911 21 0.000032595 21 -100%
1912 36 0.000036435 36 -100%
1913 42 0.000036936 42 -100%
1914 44 0.000031066 44 -100%
1915 66 0.000036018 66 -100%
1916 70 0.000036187 70 -100%
1917 49 0.000024418 49 -100%
1918 81 0.000037308 81 -100%
1919 53 0.000025116 53 -100%
1920 92 0.00004066 6 86 -87%
1921 64 0.000027415 64 -100%
1922 86 0.000037568 86 -100%
1923 80 0.000034745 80 -100%
1924 86 0.00003611 86 -100%
1925 79 0.000033858 79 -100%
1926 81 0.00003528 81 -100%
1927 91 0.000039235 91 -100%
1928 110 0.000048652 110 -100%
1929 110 0.000050179 110 -100%
1930 122 0.000054874 122 -100%
1931 161 0.000076507 161 -100%
1932 140 0.00006631 140 -100%
1933 160 0.000080022 160 -100%
1934 166 0.00007993 166 -100%
1935 237 0.000113403 237 -100%
1936 215 0.000103486 215 -100%
1937 216 0.000101377 216 -100%
1938 207 0.000093556 207 -100%
1939 206 0.00009349 206 -100%
1940 227 0.000098581 227 -100%
1941 286 0.000117385 286 -100%
1942 342 0.000125191 342 -100%
1943 329 0.000116561 329 -100%
1944 306 0.000113751 306 -100%
1945 310 0.000116853 310 -100%
1946 561 0.00017557 561 -100%
1947 835 0.000231795 5 830 -99%
1948 1030 0.000298333 1030 -100%
1949 1317 0.00037793 6 1311 -99%
1950 1637 0.000467266 5 1632 -99%
1951 1811 0.00049162 1811 -100%
1952 2046 0.000538704 2046 -100%
1953 2770 0.0007188 7 2763 -99%
1954 3245 0.000815182 5 3240 -100%
1955 3189 0.000794256 6 3183 -100%
1956 3519 0.000853497 3519 -100%
1957 3536 0.000841475 8 3528 -100%
1958 3743 0.000905439 9 3734 -100%
1959 4065 0.000977635 15 4050 -99%
1960 4752 0.001144009 7 4745 -100%
1961 4751 0.001146947 9 4742 -100%
1962 4645 0.001151071 9 4636 -100%
1963 4776 0.001206609 11 4765 -100%
1964 4972 0.001278937 12 4960 -100%
1965 4803 0.001324801 16 4787 -99%
1966 4572 0.001315436 17 4555 -99%
1967 4357 0.001283397 15 4342 -99%
1968 4824 0.001427889 21 4803 -99%
1969 6419 0.001847023 28 6391 -99%
1970 6843 0.0018974 24 6819 -99%
1971 5811 0.001693007 30 5781 -99%
1972 4865 0.001547887 26 4839 -99%
1973 4768 0.001580437 21 4747 -99%
1974 5201 0.001710856 28 5173 -99%
1975 5926 0.001962645 32 5894 -99%
1976 6006 0.001979369 28 5978 -99%
1977 6465 0.002035263 34 6431 -99%
1978 6135 0.001932971 39 6096 -99%
1979 6957 0.002091073 31 6926 -99%
1980 7261 0.002107995 52 7209 -99%
1981 6940 0.002006143 44 6896 -99%
1982 7024 0.002002302 46 6978 -99%
1983 6771 0.00195505 33 6738 -99%
1984 6624 0.001898672 56 6568 -98%
1985 7049 0.001975002 37 7012 -99%
1986 7093 0.001994052 50 7043 -99%
1987 6972 0.001933651 56 6916 -98%
1988 7046 0.001906879 29 7017 -99%
1989 7002 0.001821328 25 6977 -99%
1990 6453 0.001632647 17 6436 -99%
1991 5750 0.001476151 27 5723 -99%
1992 5117 0.00133211 19 5098 -99%
1993 5151 0.001366212 16 5135 -99%
1994 4695 0.001262894 17 4678 -99%
1995 4787 0.001307154 23 4764 -99%
1996 4778 0.001310048 22 4756 -99%
1997 4137 0.001141006 13 4124 -99%
1998 3818 0.001038006 23 3795 -99%
1999 3593 0.000972693 17 3576 -99%
2000 3035 0.00080293 18 3017 -99%
2001 2740 0.000731957 11 2729 -99%
2002 2659 0.000711288 15 2644 -99%
2003 2406 0.000632772 12 2394 -99%
2004 2328 0.000609277 20 2308 -98%
2005 2426 0.000630975 17 2409 -99%
2006 2150 0.000543452 13 2137 -99%
2007 2087 0.000522052 12 2075 -99%
2008 1961 0.000498898 8 1953 -99%
2009 1964 0.000514113 13 1951 -99%
2010 2008 0.000543328 13 1995 -99%
2011 2174 0.000594348 15 2159 -99%
2012 2314 0.000632696 15 2299 -99%
2013 2360 0.000647344 30 2330 -97%
2014 2372 0.000639978 43 2329 -96%
2015 2453 0.00066281 51 2402 -96%
2016 2112 0.000575681 58 2054 -95%
2017 1697 0.000474527 49 1648 -94%
2018 1543 0.000438864 48 1495 -94%
2019 1494 0.000430432 53 1441 -93%
2020 1282 0.000383766 46 1236 -93%
2021 1132 0.000334125 58 1074 -90%
2022 1013 0.000299426 62 951 -88%
2023 956 0.000288717 49 907 -90%
2024 958 0.000287817 52 906 -89%

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