Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Brad

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Brad
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99% from peak

Peak era

1960

Peak rank proxy

2,647

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19602024

Peak year

1960

Decline from peak

99%

2024

All-time

83,042

Brad once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1960, when 2,647 boys were named Brad.

In 2024, only 26 boys were given the name.

Down 99% from its peak.

All told, about 83,042 Americans have been named Brad and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99% from peak

19602,647 boys named Brad

202426 boys named Brad

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