Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Bradford

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

Endangered Down 94.7% from peak

Peak era

1953

Peak rank proxy

780

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19532024

Peak year

1953

Decline from peak

94.7%

2024

All-time

32,042

Bradford 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 1953, when 780 boys were named Bradford.

In 2024, only 41 boys were given the name.

Down 94.7% from its peak.

All told, about 32,042 Americans have been named Bradford and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.7% from peak

1953780 boys named Bradford

202441 boys named Bradford

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