Brady
Top 1000
About Brady
The Irish name given to Miranda Hobbes's son on the dearly departed Sex and the City is a friendly and energetic choice. You well might want to make your son part of the Brady bunch.
Brady has been a well used boys' name since the turn-of-the-last-century Diamond Jim Brady days.
Brady Fuller is a young werewolf in the Twilight" series, but there were more notable Bradys bearing it as a surname, including Civil War photographer Mathew, press secretary James, and quarterback Tom--in addition of course to Mike, Carol, Greg, Marsha, and Jan et al.
Pronounced BRAY-dee.
As of October 2026, Brady ranked #321 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #93 in 2007, Nameberry popularity #499.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #195 | 2,093 | 1,089.6 |
| 2015 | #198 | 2,032 | 1,060.1 |
| 2016 | #222 | 1,753 | 923.7 |
| 2017 | #226 | 1,689 | 912.5 |
| 2018 | #261 | 1,383 | 761.5 |
| 2019 | #274 | 1,304 | 726.8 |
| 2020 | #304 | 1,089 | 630.9 |
| 2021 | #272 | 1,278 | 730.5 |
| 2022 | #282 | 1,222 | 699.9 |
| 2023 | #323 | 1,032 | 603.3 |
| 2024 | #309 | 1,098 | 637.3 |
| 2025 | #321 | 1,071 | 627 |
World rankings
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Brady on lists
Famous Bradys
- Brady Kevin Anderson
American baseball player
- Brayden Tyler "Brady" Quinn
American NFL football player
- Brady Lee Ellison
American Olympic archer
- (Patrick) Brady Smith
American actor
- Brady Paul Poppinga
American NFL football player
- Brady Goodwin Jr. aka Phanatic
American rapper
- Brady Patrick Hoke
American college football coach
- Brady John Haran
Australian filmmaker
- (John) Brady Kiesling
American diplomat
- Brady Vilcan
American reality TV contestant ("The Biggest Loser")
- Brady Seals
American country singer of Little Texas and Hot Apple Pie
- Brady Lange
American fashion designer & contestant on "Under the Gunn"
- Braeden "Brady" Shaw (b. 1992)
son of ice hockey player Brad Shaw
- Brady Sheppard (b. 1993)
son of former Miss America Kellye Cash and Tom Sheppard
- Brady Glasser (b. 1997)
son of actor Adam Glasser of TV's "Family Business"
- Braeden "Brady" Tkachuk (b. 1999)
son of ice hockey player Keith Tkachuk
- Braydon Hart "Brady" Wilkerson (b. 2008)
son of actress Melissa Joan Hart
- Brady Taylor Burch (b. 2015)
son of TV journalist Wendy Burch
- Brady Ocean Terenzi (b. 2015)
son of singers Marc Terenzi and Sarah Connor
Brady in pop culture
- Brady Black
character on American soap "Days of Our Lives"
- Brady Lang
character from the movie "Arlington Road"
- Brady Bloodworth
character from the movie "Bloodworth"
- Brady Fuller
character in the Twilight Saga
- Brady
character from the video game "Fire Emblem: Awakening"
- Brady
a character from "Pair of Kings"
- Brady Hobbes
son of Miranda Hobbes and Steve Brady on TV's "Sex and the City"
- Brady
family name on TV's "The Brady Bunch"