Bradie
Feminine · “descendant of Bradach”
Bradie is given to both — 582 girls and 201 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Bradie is fifty years early. Turning an Irish surname into a girl's name by adding -ie is exactly what American parents did in bulk from the 1980s onward, and this row peaks in 1921, when almost nobody was doing it.
How old is the name Bradie?
Bradie first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Bradie alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 600 people named Bradie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Bradie most popular?
Bradie peaked in 1921, reaching #3666 nationally. Today it ranks #6546, 2,880 places below that high. See the whole 1921 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Bradach to Bradie
The story of Bradie
The O Bradaigh were a Cavan family and the surname is among the most common in Ireland. Its move into American given names is normally dated to the 1970s and after, when surnames became the dominant source for new American girls' names. Bradie complicates that story: the row peaks in 1921, half a century early, which places it with the older habit of adding -ie or -y to almost any name to make an affectionate form, the same habit that produced Rollie, Sonnie and Ollie for men. The two mechanisms produce the same-looking name for entirely different reasons, and only the date tells them apart.
Meaningscholars disagree
descendant of Bradach, from a word of uncertain sense
The Irish surname O Bradaigh, anglicized as Brady, descends from a byname Bradach whose meaning is not securely recovered; readings including spirited and thieving have both been proposed. The -ie ending of this form is an English addition marking affection or, in the American practice, a girl's version of a surname, and it carries no meaning.
How the name formed
- Bradach
- O Bradaigh
- Brady
- Bradie
Related forms: O Bradaigh · Brady · Bradey
Pronouncing Bradie
BRAY-dee
Two syllables with the stress on the first. Identical in sound to Brady, which is the standard spelling and is read as a boy's name.
Nicknames for Bradie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1918
- Most girls named
- 200825 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3666reached in 1921
- Change vs 2024
- +30.8%17 in 2025, from 13
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Bradie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- O Bradaigh in Irish — related form
- Brady in English — spelling variant
- Bradey in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Bradies among us
people named Bradie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 94,545 born in 2025 was named Bradie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Bradie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Bradie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Bradie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A genuine Irish surname with real families behind it.
- The -ie ending marks it as a girl's name without changing the sound.
- Six letters and no spelling ambiguity once heard.
- Brady is far more common and is overwhelmingly a boy's name.
- The surname's own meaning is not securely recovered.
- It will be read as Brady on almost every form.
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Feminine · #6546 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Bradies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Bradie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Bradie in 2025?
- Bradie ranks #6546 among US girl names in 2025, with 17 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Bradie?
- About 1 in every 94,545 US girls born in 2025 was named Bradie — 17 in all.
- Will my child share the name Bradie with classmates?
- Bradie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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