Brady

Boy name

Brady has been given to 98,908 babies in the U.S. since 1883. It peaked in 2007 and currently ranks #321 for boys (2025).

Meaning & origin /ˈbɹeɪdi/

From Old English brād (“broad”) + ēage (“eye”) and brād (“broad”) + ēġ (“island”); or from Irish Ó Brádaigh.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

98,908

Peak year

2007 (5,015 babies)

Rank in 2025

#321 for boys

First recorded

1883

10-year trend

▼ -46%

Gender split

2% girls / 98% boys

Brady Corbet

American film director and actor

Brady Ellison

American archer

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Brady.

96,733 babies since 1880

101,764 babies since 1882

95,492 babies since 1880

95,059 babies since 1974

103,729 babies since 1880

92,412 babies since 1936

91,630 babies since 1990

91,451 babies since 1898

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