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Baby name
Bradley
Boy
Origin of the name
Bradley was first an English place name and surname, from the Old English brād, “broad,” and lēah, “wood, clearing.”
Classic name
313,008births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 51rank at its peak, in 1980
Where babies named Bradley are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Bradley is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Bradley is most common in North Dakota (2 times), Minnesota (2) and South Dakota (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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