Bradly
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRAD-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Bradly is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “broad clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Bradly mean?
English: variant of Bradley
“broad clearing”
Variant of Bradley, from Old English brad 'broad' and leah 'woodland clearing'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bradly a girl's or a boy's name?
Bradly is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bradly in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bradly in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Bradly in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Bradly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Bradly, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 254 boys. It first appears in the records in 1946.
2025 had fewer boys named Bradly than any year since 1946.
Half of all the boys named Bradly in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 828 boys in the US were given Bradly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #399, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
Bradly in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,115 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,138 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,048 |
| 2011 | 74 | #1,885 |
| 2010 | 94 | #1,652 |
| 2009 | 87 | #1,754 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,445 |
| 2007 | 108 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 129 | #1,289 |
| 2005 | 125 | #1,256 |
| 2004 | 113 | #1,307 |
| 2003 | 124 | #1,189 |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,097 |
| 2001 | 139 | #1,048 |
| 2000 | 163 | #930 |
| 1999 | 160 | #920 |
| 1998 | 201 | #776 |
| 1997 | 203 | #739 |
| 1996 | 168 | #839 |
| 1995 | 189 | #779 |
| 1994 | 190 | #762 |
| 1993 | 197 | #741 |
| 1992 | 212 | #703 |
| 1991 | 206 | #701 |
| 1990 | 254 | #633 |
| 1989 | 236 | #649 |
| 1988 | 208 | #656 |
| 1987 | 220 | #610 |
| 1986 | 219 | #602 |
| 1985 | 213 | #599 |
| 1984 | 184 | #631 |
| 1983 | 194 | #614 |
| 1982 | 219 | #583 |
| 1981 | 204 | #600 |
| 1980 | 214 | #589 |
| 1979 | 202 | #604 |
| 1978 | 159 | #663 |
| 1977 | 176 | #639 |
| 1976 | 164 | #643 |
| 1975 | 162 | #635 |
| 1974 | 146 | #674 |
| 1973 | 134 | #689 |
| 1972 | 141 | #676 |
| 1971 | 158 | #652 |
| 1970 | 187 | #593 |
| 1969 | 174 | #590 |
| 1968 | 120 | #689 |
| 1967 | 121 | #677 |
| 1966 | 89 | #773 |
| 1965 | 118 | #684 |
| 1964 | 124 | #692 |
| 1963 | 96 | #779 |
| 1962 | 93 | #790 |
| 1961 | 117 | #707 |
| 1960 | 111 | #729 |
| 1959 | 92 | #796 |
| 1958 | 73 | #882 |
| 1957 | 71 | #896 |
| 1956 | 61 | #953 |
| 1955 | 66 | #914 |
| 1954 | 56 | #995 |
| 1953 | 54 | #974 |
| 1952 | 45 | #1,080 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1950 | 20 | #1,656 |
| 1949 | 23 | #1,543 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
Nicknames for Bradly
Names like Bradly
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody, Cody, Kody, Ryan, Conan, Brogan, Brayden, Regan, Declan, Keegan, Bryn, Casey
Other spellings of Bradly
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Bradly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bradly, updated 20 October 2026.