Bradley: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced BRAD-lee · 2 syllables

Bradley means “broad; woodland”, from English.

Ultimately from Old English brad (“broad”) + leah (“woodland”). Equivalent to broad + -ley.

How popular is Bradley?

Bradley was the #403 name in the US in 2025, given to 830 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 58% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Babies named Bradley in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1970).

Half of US adults named Bradley are older than 46; most are between 23 and 71. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Bradley have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Bradley means “broad; woodland”. It comes from English.

Bradley is pronounced BRAD-lee.

Bradley was the #403 name in the US in 2025, given to 830 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 58% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Half of US adults named Bradley are older than 46. Most are between 23 and 71.