Brady Boy

How popular is Brady?

#321 boy name in 2025

1,071 baby boys were named Brady in the US in 2025, making it the 321st most popular boy name. Another 52 girls got the name (#3,100 for girls).

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93,923living people named Brady (est.)
21median age of people named Brady
98,908babies named Brady since 1880
1 in 2,952US babies born in 2025

Brady popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#321 for boys (▼ 12 from 2024)
Babies in 20251,071 boys, 52 girls
10-year trendFalling (-47% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#199 in 2015, #304 in 2020
Peak year2007 (4,951 boys)
Highest rank#93 in 2007
First recorded1883
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)96% boys, 4% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Where Brady is most popular

Babies named Brady per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. New Hampshire: 1.6 per 1,000 (35 boys)
  2. Michigan: 1.5 per 1,000 (308 boys)
  3. Maine: 1.3 per 1,000 (25 boys)
  4. West Virginia: 1.3 per 1,000 (42 boys)
  5. Louisiana: 1.2 per 1,000 (123 boys)

Brady by decade

DecadeBaby boysBest rank
1880s60#512
1890s92#521
1900s146#536
1910s483#634
1920s686#653
1930s564#745
1940s696#721
1950s1,386#566
1960s1,675#471
1970s4,566#350
1980s7,357#246
1990s16,231#159
2000s34,304#93
2010s21,727#126
2020s6,797#272

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Questions

Is Brady a boy or girl name?
Brady is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 96% of babies named Brady were boys.
How popular is the name Brady?
1,071 baby boys were named Brady in the US in 2025, making it the 321st most popular boy name. Another 52 girls got the name (#3,100 for girls).
When was Brady most popular?
Brady peaked in 2007, when 4,951 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #93 in 2007.
How many people are named Brady?
98,908 babies have been named Brady in the US since 1880. We estimate about 93,923 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
Where is Brady most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Brady was most common in New Hampshire, at 1.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.