as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of the numerous places in England so called from Old English brād ‘broad’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’. The most famous American bearer of this surname was General Omar N. Bradley (1893–1981). As a given name it used to be found mainly in North America but of late has come into fashion in Britain.
| 268th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 231,360
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 286,484
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Bradley per capita
- 1980
- marked the height of its popularity
0.02%
99.98%
9%
55+
55+
47%
30-54
30-54
27%
13-29
13-29
17%
0-12
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