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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Bradon

Bradon was the 12306th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 1361st; the most babies were born in 2005 (104). Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,983 places. More babies were named Bradon in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Meaning (as Braden) Irish "salmon" or English "broad valley" · Irish, Old English

Rank in 2025
#12,306 boys, down 1,519 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
5boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2005104 babies
Total since 1880
2,060babies recorded

What does the name Bradon mean?

Bradon is a spelling of Braden, pronounced the same way, so it shares Braden's meaning and origin.

Braden is a surname with two separate sources. Wiktionary traces it to the Irish Ó Bradáin, "descendant of Bradán", a personal name meaning "salmon"; Wikipedia adds an English place-name origin meaning "broad valley" or "broad hillside", as in Braydon Forest in Wiltshire. As a first name Braden is mainly American and Canadian and was most popular in the early 2000s, alongside Brayden and Bradyn.

bradán (Irish, “salmon”)brād (Old English, “broad”)

How sure is this? Probable. Two unrelated surnames have the same spelling; which applies depends on the family.

Related names: Brayden, Braeden, Bradan, Brady.

See also: Irish names.

Sources for this meaning

Bradon popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#12,3065
2020#10,7876
2010#3,13336
2000#1,36193
1990#2,09035
1980#2,54419
1970#3,5558
1960——
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How popular is Bradon, counting every spelling?

Bradon is a spelling of Braden, a name family that ranked #970 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #12,306 for Bradon on its own. Together these spellings went to 224 boys in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Braden183#1,1521,029
Bradyn36#3,255211

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Bradon?

5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bradon (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Bradon born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bradon.

Chance of another Bradon in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Bradon?

About 2,000 people born in the US named Bradon are alive today, with a median age of 26; half are between 20 and 34. That makes Bradon mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Bradon by state

How common Bradon was among boys born in each state in 2003–2007, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (2.2×). In 35 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMI0.04New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIN0.06Ohio: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesOH0.09Pennsylvania: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesPA0.04New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCO0.03Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMO0.03Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.03New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesAR0.07Tennessee: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTN0.03North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOK0.07Louisiana: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesLA0.04Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesFL0.02
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Bradon, boys, 2003–2007. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Bradon: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bradon, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Bradon

What does Bradon mean?

Bradon is a spelling of Braden, which means “Irish "salmon" or English "broad valley"” (Irish, Old English origin). Certainty: probable.

How popular is the name Bradon?

Bradon was the 12306th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 1361st; the most babies were born in 2005 (104). Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,983 places. More babies were named Bradon in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Bradon a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Bradon in the US.

Where was Bradon most popular?

In 2003–2007, Bradon was most common in Ohio (0.09 per 1,000 boys), followed by Oklahoma and Arkansas.