Brad is a boy's name of English origin meaning “a man ranked 8 on the PSL scale.” In 2024 it was given to 26 boys in the United States.
Brad belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “a man ranked 8 on the PSL scale” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Brad first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #98 in 1975, and in 2024 26 babies received the name — 83,042 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Brad means “a man ranked 8 on the PSL scale” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Brad is a boy name. In 2024, 26 babies received the name in the US.
Brad comes from the English & American tradition.
Brad first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #98 in 1975, and 26 babies were given the name in 2024.
Brad is pronounced /bɹæd/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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