# Bradford name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/m/bradford
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Bradford ranked #3522 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #3453.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #3522
- Birth count: 32
- Rate per 10,000: 0.19

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Bradford
- Rank: #3453
- Birth count: 32
- Rate per 10,000: 0.19
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.00
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.00
- Expected per school of 300: 0.00
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 0.1%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1953
- Best rank year: 1953
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 4.7%

## Spelling components
- Bradford: 32 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology