Brad
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning broad; a diminutive of Bradley or Bradford.
Babies a year
55
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Brad by the numbers
Brad was given to 55 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 2,651 babies in 1960, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Bradley
Like Brad, each of these traces back to Bradley: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Bradleybroad meadow or clearing1,686 in the US (2017)
- Bradenbroad valley; form of Bradley505 in the US (2017)
- Brayleighbroad meadow; a modern spelling variant of Bradley193 in the US (2017)
- Bradleebroad clearing; a form of Bradley78 in the US (2017)
- Bradlybroad meadow; spelling variant of Bradley35 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Brad
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