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Bradford
OriginEnglish
Meaning"wide river crossing"
About Bradford
Brad in a Brooks Brothers suit.
Pronounced BRAD-ford.
As of October 2026, Bradford ranked #3522 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #240 in 1953.
Editor's take: The name Bradford is a boy's name of English origin meaning "wide river crossing".
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,886 | 77 | 40.1 |
| 2015 | #2,171 | 63 | 32.9 |
| 2016 | #2,068 | 68 | 35.8 |
| 2017 | #2,018 | 70 | 37.8 |
| 2018 | #2,102 | 67 | 36.9 |
| 2019 | #2,663 | 48 | 26.8 |
| 2020 | #2,553 | 50 | 29 |
| 2021 | #2,631 | 49 | 28 |
| 2022 | #3,013 | 41 | 23.5 |
| 2023 | #2,656 | 49 | 28.6 |
| 2024 | #2,994 | 41 | 23.8 |
| 2025 | #3,522 | 32 | 18.7 |
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Bradford on lists
Famous Bradfords
- Bradford William Anderson
American actor
- Bradford Dillman
American actor
- Charles Bradford "Brad" Henry
American politician, 26th governor of Oklahoma
- Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif
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- Bradford Ernest "Brad" Whitford
guitarist of American band Aerosmith
- Bradford Phillip "Brad" Delson
guitarist of American band Linkin Park
- Bradford Alexander "Brad" Mehldau
American jazz pianist
- Bradford Lyttle
American peace activist
- Jesse Bradford
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- Bradford Powell "Ford" Bricken (b. 2015)
son of Virginia Williams and Bradford Bricken
Bradford in pop culture
- Bradford
a city in West Yorkshire, England
- Colonel Bradford Taylor
character on TV sitcom "A Different World"
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