Bradan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bradan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bradan: Recorded since 1999, it reached #281 in 2016, and it stood at #374 in 2021.

3registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#281highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2016

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2007	#3589
2010	#4678
2012	#4805
2015	#4747
2016	#4810

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 6 of the 18 years from 1999 to 2016.

In 2016: #281 among boys in Northern Ireland, #4810 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1999–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2021
Highest recorded position: #281 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2016 (recorded 2008–2021).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #374 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2021.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Bradan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Boys, with 7 ranked years and 27 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Boys, from 1999.

Bradan across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Bradan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2943 (1999)	#2943 (1999)	#4810 (2016)	6 of 18	19 (1999–2016)	4 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#378 (2008)	#281 (2016)	#374 (2021)	7 of 14	27 (2008–2021)	6 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#490 (2011)	#459 (2015)	#459 (2015)	5 of 5	29 (2011–2015)	7 (2015)

Bradan by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bradan in Northern Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	16	4 of 10	4
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Bradan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1999 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #281 in Northern Ireland in 2016.

Bradan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1999 and 2021, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #281, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2015.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
7 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#374position in 2021, its most recent recorded year
12 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2015Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Bracken · #1391, 17y
Brad · #77, 36y
Braden · #390, 29y
Bradlee · #299, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Shanna · #284, 17y
Vilte · #276, 18y
Hoorain · #275, 16y
Zaviyar · #287, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Anna-Rose · #281, 22y
Caoilte · #281, 9y
Daisie · #281, 29y
Harlee · #281, 28y

Bradan was ranked #281 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2016. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Bradan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bradan without appearing here.

Bradan moved ahead of

Brendan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #334 and #213 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #374 and #433.
Jan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #334 and #334 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #374 and #433.
Ross Compare
In 2020 they stood at #334 and #231 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #374 and #433.
Taylor Compare
In 2020 they stood at #418 and #312 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #374 and #433.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1999 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #281 in Northern Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Bradan

Bradan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bradan across 3 official records

Bradan by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Bradan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Bradan

Bradan and the names beside it

Bradan moved ahead of

Bradan at a glance

Bradan across 3 official records

Bradan by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Bradan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Bradan

Bradan and the names beside it

Bradan moved ahead of