Bradford
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #3,512 for boys
Bradford is a boys' name, meaning “broad”. In 2025 it ranked 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Bradford mean?
“broad”
A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Bradford a girl's or a boy's name?
Bradford is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bradford in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,512th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Bradford, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 1953, with 779 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Bradford than any year since 1911.
Half of all the boys named Bradford in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bradford in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 49 | #2,659 |
| 2022 | 42 | #2,960 |
| 2021 | 49 | #2,622 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,655 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,100 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,014 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,066 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 77 | #1,883 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,089 |
| 2012 | 81 | #1,817 |
| 2011 | 73 | #1,904 |
| 2010 | 78 | #1,849 |
| 2009 | 76 | #1,888 |
| 2008 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 2007 | 99 | #1,576 |
| 2006 | 95 | #1,551 |
| 2005 | 97 | #1,484 |
| 2004 | 99 | #1,423 |
| 2003 | 102 | #1,340 |
| 2002 | 125 | #1,138 |
| 2001 | 103 | #1,279 |
| 2000 | 123 | #1,126 |
| 1999 | 151 | #954 |
| 1998 | 176 | #832 |
| 1997 | 177 | #819 |
| 1996 | 211 | #726 |
| 1995 | 216 | #724 |
| 1994 | 243 | #664 |
| 1993 | 267 | #629 |
| 1992 | 270 | #625 |
| 1991 | 277 | #612 |
| 1990 | 304 | #579 |
| 1989 | 353 | #507 |
| 1988 | 368 | #479 |
| 1987 | 441 | #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 | 603 | #312 |
| 1976 | 593 | #301 |
| 1975 | 555 | #323 |
| 1974 | 602 | #305 |
| 1973 | 494 | #343 |
| 1972 | 469 | #357 |
| 1971 | 569 | #328 |
| 1970 | 612 | #318 |
| 1969 | 601 | #311 |
| 1968 | 535 | #330 |
| 1967 | 558 | #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 | 700 | #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 | #605 |
| 1934 | 96 | #601 |
| 1933 | 82 | #637 |
| 1932 | 86 | #657 |
| 1931 | 87 | #633 |
| 1930 | 88 | #662 |
| 1929 | 84 | #668 |
| 1928 | 85 | #685 |
| 1927 | 96 | #647 |
| 1926 | 98 | #637 |
| 1925 | 76 | #755 |
| 1924 | 76 | #771 |
| 1923 | 73 | #769 |
| 1922 | 71 | #794 |
| 1921 | 85 | #707 |
| 1920 | 74 | #766 |
| 1919 | 69 | #777 |
| 1918 | 70 | #780 |
| 1917 | 72 | #723 |
| 1916 | 72 | #698 |
| 1915 | 69 | #705 |
| 1914 | 50 | #745 |
| 1913 | 38 | #759 |
| 1912 | 43 | #635 |
| 1911 | 22 | #667 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 15 | #714 |
| 1908 | 11 | #825 |
| 1907 | 9 | #929 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 11 | #741 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 13 | #698 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 9 | #743 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 13 | #592 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 7 | #836 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 9 | #635 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Names like Bradford
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
David, Bryan, Kevin, Kenneth, Ronald, Michael, Danny, Daniel, Donald, Richard, Douglas, Alan
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bradford: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bradford, updated 20 October 2026.