as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, which is of Irish origin, from Gaelic Ó Brádaigh ‘descendant of Brádach’. Brádach is an old Irish byname of uncertain origin, possibly a contracted form of brághadach ‘large-chested’, from brágha ‘chest’.
| 1,192nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 24,250
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 67,999
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Utah
- has the most people named Brady per capita
- 2007
- marked the height of its popularity
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99.81%
1%
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55+
10%
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30-54
18%
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71%
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