Bradford
Bradford is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 41 births. Its best rank was 240th, in 1953.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 410.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1953780 births
- Best rank
- #240in 1953
- Since 1880
- 32,042people given the name
The story in the numbers
32,042 boys have been named Bradford in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1953, with 780 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1950s alone account for 21%. It has spent 104 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Bradford | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 20 | |
| 1890s | 59 | |
| 1900s | 86 | |
| 1910s | 513 | |
| 1920s | 818 | |
| 1930s | 998 | |
| 1940s | 2,418 | |
| 1950s | 6,692 | |
| 1960s | 5,794 | |
| 1970s | 5,711 | |
| 1980s | 4,746 | |
| 1990s | 2,292 | |
| 2000s | 976 | |
| 2010s | 689 | |
| 2020s | 230 |
In 1953, its biggest year
Bradford was the 240th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1953 were Robert, James, Michael, John and David. See all of 1953.
Names that rose and fell with Bradford
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Michaelpeak 1957
- Michelpeak 1957
- Reginaldpeak 1962
- Roderickpeak 1971
- Geromepeak 1964
- Terrencepeak 1955
- Michealpeak 1957
- Stephenpeak 1952
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.