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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Bradford

Gender

Male

Origin

English
From the broad ford

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Bradford

Pronunciation

b-radfo-rd, br(ad)-ford

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1953 (rank #240, 777 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3513, 32 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1975 (rank #6489, 8 births); most recent 1987 (rank #11311, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202532–
202441–
202349–
202241–
202149–
202050–
201948–
201867–
201770–
201668–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1959 (rank #206, 10 births); most recent 1983 (rank #293, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence