Infographic of Bradford name meaning, which is “The man who lives near the broad ford (in the stream),” from the Anglo-Saxon brad (broad) and ford (a shallow place in a stream).
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Bradford Name Popularity

How popular is the name Bradford? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 0 0%
1911 568 7 0.0019%
1912 1,032 5 0.001%
1913 1,012 6 0.0011%
1914 1,067 7 0.001%
1915 812 23 0.0025%
1916 1,005 13 0.0013%
1917 746 33 0.0033%
1918 934 21 0.002%
1919 912 22 0.0021%
1920 861 29 0.0026%
1921 964 22 0.0019%
1922 795 36 0.0032%
1923 815 33 0.0029%
1924 954 23 0.002%
1925 787 35 0.0031%
1926 678 52 0.0047%
1927 708 48 0.0043%
1928 704 46 0.0043%
1929 784 32 0.0031%
1930 754 35 0.0034%
1931 712 38 0.0039%
1932 731 38 0.0038%
1933 836 23 0.0025%
1934 663 46 0.0048%
1935 798 27 0.0028%
1936 622 51 0.0053%
1937 593 61 0.0062%
1938 666 45 0.0044%
1939 537 76 0.0075%
1940 572 70 0.0066%
1941 549 78 0.0069%
1942 494 113 0.0089%
1943 511 109 0.0083%
1944 458 136 0.011%
1945 485 113 0.0093%
1946 430 180 0.0122%
1947 382 280 0.0168%
1948 357 316 0.0198%
1949 305 458 0.0285%
1950 279 536 0.0333%
1951 292 522 0.0308%
1952 269 623 0.0357%
1953 241 745 0.0421%
1954 254 735 0.0402%
1955 270 659 0.0358%
1956 272 690 0.0365%
1957 284 639 0.0332%
1958 305 587 0.0311%
1959 311 588 0.0309%
1960 297 646 0.0341%
1961 328 537 0.0284%
1962 341 486 0.0265%
1963 320 577 0.0321%
1964 315 566 0.0322%
1965 320 529 0.0323%
1966 322 498 0.0319%
1967 318 516 0.034%
1968 329 499 0.0332%
1969 317 553 0.0359%
1970 319 574 0.0361%
1971 327 530 0.0353%
1972 361 432 0.0317%
1973 348 444 0.0342%
1974 303 568 0.0437%
1975 321 522 0.0406%
1976 301 564 0.0438%
1977 309 572 0.0424%
1978 302 567 0.0422%
1979 315 575 0.0408%
1980 308 590 0.0404%
1981 325 553 0.0376%
1982 337 519 0.0347%
1983 361 449 0.0304%
1984 379 421 0.0283%
1985 393 417 0.0275%
1986 441 342 0.0227%
1987 413 399 0.0261%
1988 484 317 0.0203%
1989 507 310 0.0192%
1990 576 263 0.0159%
1991 612 233 0.0143%
1992 624 222 0.0139%
1993 639 212 0.0136%
1994 674 190 0.0124%
1995 752 150 0.01%
1996 733 158 0.0106%
1997 845 121 0.0082%
1998 843 126 0.0084%
1999 901 117 0.0078%
2000 1,198 63 0.0041%
2001 1,361 46 0.0031%
2002 1,284 55 0.0037%
2003 1,347 52 0.0034%
2004 1,449 45 0.003%
2005 1,625 36 0.0024%
2006 1,567 42 0.0027%
2007 1,440 55 0.0035%
2008 2,832 6 0.0004%
2009 2,323 12 0.0008%
2010 1,802 28 0.0019%
2011 1,676 33 0.0023%
2012 1,552 42 0.0029%
2013 1,657 33 0.0023%
2014 1,755 29 0.002%
2015 2,069 17 0.0012%
2016 1,674 34 0.0024%
2017 1,868 22 0.0016%
2018 2,557 6 0.0004%
2019 2,331 10 0.0007%
2020 0 0%
2021 0 0%
2022 3,503 6 0.0005%

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What names are variants of Bradford?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Brad

Broad, wide

English

Braddford

Broad ford

English

Bradfurd

Broad ford

English


What names sound like Bradford?

If you like how Bradford sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Bradford.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Bartow

Son of Talmai (the farmer)

Aramaic


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