girls:
383 births since 1993
#5333 (7th percentile)
boys:
3.4k births since 1947
#2139 (53rd percentile)
overall:
3.8k births since 1947
#4458 (42nd percentile)
The name Bradlee is the #4,458 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,803 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 42.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,139 (53.3% percentile) for all time with 3,420 births since 1947. For girls, it ranks #5,333 (6.7% percentile) for all time with 383 births since 1993.
Bradlee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (1947 for boys and 1993 for girls). Birth data for Bradlee is available in 74 out of the 77 years between 1947 and 2023 (74 years for boys and 26 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Bradlee has been given predominantly to boys, with 89.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 58.1% of babies named Bradlee were boys.
For boys, Bradlee reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 12.2% percentile (ranked #683) with 50 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 53 births per million (ranked 11.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Bradlee ranks #891 for boys (2.2% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 25.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Bradlee reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #923) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 22 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Bradlee ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 47.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bradlee".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Bradlee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.6% confident that Bradlee is pronounced as BRAD-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BRAD-LEE, at 15.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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