Brady

maleStatistical record

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

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

Brady: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #264 in 2004, and it stood at #432 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#264highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2004

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1998	#3142
1999	#3900
2000	#3912
2004	#3725

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #352 among boys in Scotland, #826 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2006
Highest recorded position: #264 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2004 (recorded 2004–2006).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Brady appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 811 births with the name.

Brady across 4 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.

Brady'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	#535 (1996)	#466 (2004)	#826 (2024)	29 of 29	811 (1996–2024)	57 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#337 (2003)	#337 (2003)	#432 (2025)	15 of 23	63 (2003–2025)	8 (2025)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#3126 (1996)	#3725 (2004)	5 of 9	18 (1996–2004)	4 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#264 (2004)	#264 (2004)	#341 (2006)	3 of 3	11 (2004–2006)	4 (2004)

Brady by decade in England and Wales · 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 Brady in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	101	4 of 10	25
2000sbusiest	318	10 of 10	32
2010s	239	10 of 10	24
2020s	153	5 of 10	31

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 32 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Brady 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #264 in Northern Ireland in 2004.

Brady'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#826	39	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#987	30	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#967	31	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1055	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1083	25	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1194	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1247	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#914	33	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1186	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1178	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#947	31	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1087	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1109	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#831	34	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#867	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#902	28	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#914	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#726	34	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#466	57	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#633	35	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#993	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#617	30	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#691	26	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#869	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#669	25	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#629	26	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#535	32	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#264	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#432	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#352	10	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #264, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 57 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 28 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.

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.

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Braeden · #314, 20y
Brage · #43, 57y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Korey · #265, 29y
Blossom · #262, 30y
Ella-Mae · #266, 30y
Emmeline · #262, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Osian · #264, 28y
Aminah · #263, 30y
Cassius · #263, 29y
Coran · #263, 20y

Brady was ranked #264 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2004. 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.

Brady 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 Brady without appearing here.

Brady moved ahead of

Gerard Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1194 and #1158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1083 and #1869.
Keith Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1539 and #1539 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1178 and #1935.
Ross Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1083 and #894 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1051 and #1723.
Brett Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1539 and #1462 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1178 and #1819.

Moved ahead of Brady

Ronald Compare
In 2012 they stood at #947 and #998 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1539 and #771.
Fionn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #947 and #1021 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1539 and #976.
Mathias Compare
In 2016 they stood at #914 and #928 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1247 and #709.
Hunter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #831 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1109 and #625.

Moved the opposite way to Brady

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brady went from #535 to #826 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brady went from #535 to #826 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brady went from #535 to #826 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brady went from #535 to #826 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Brady

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brady went from #535 to #826 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brady went from #535 to #826 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brady went from #535 to #826 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brady went from #535 to #826 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #264 in Northern Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Brady

Brady at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Brady across 4 official records

Brady by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Brady appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Brady

Brady and the names beside it

Brady moved ahead of

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Brady at a glance

Brady across 4 official records

Brady by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Brady 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 Brady

Brady and the names beside it

Brady moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Brady

Moved the opposite way to Brady

Moved the same way as Brady