Brady

What Brady means

Means “broad + eye”

From Old English brād (“broad”) + ēage (“eye”) and brād (“broad”) + ēġ (“island”); or from Irish Ó Brádaigh.

Source: Wiktionary, “Brady” (revision 93768087), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Brady?

US: Falling: down from #199 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1186 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2007, when 4,951 boys got the name (#93 that year). First in the US records in 1883.

How common

• About 1 in 1,595 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,554 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,637 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NH (2.44 per 1,000 boys), MT (2.39 per 1,000 boys), DE (1.7 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Brady is #321 in the US and #873 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 95.4% of US babies named Brady were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Brody1,492 US · 491 E&W
• Brodi17 US · 13 E&W
• Brodey5 US · 7 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Brady

Boys

• Drake#827“dragon”^*
• Conner#864Variant of Connor, meaning “lover of hounds”^*
• Riley#207“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Keaton#769possibly “hedge, enclosure + farmstead, settlement”^*
• Peyton#683Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2007, with 3,375 babies; 398 in 2025
• Preston#299Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #299 vs #914 in 2025

For a sister

• Kaylee#255Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #61 in 2015, #255 in 2025
• Kendall#328“spring + valley”^*
• Hailey#104“hay + clearing”^*
• Macy#718Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 1,483 babies; 390 in 2025
• Makenzie#700Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #210 in 2015, #700 in 2025
• Kayleigh#799Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #324 in 2015, #799 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Brady’s. Rank is US 2025.