How Many People Are Named Brody?
people named Brody are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,221 people in the US has this name
Based on 81,960 babies named Brody in Social Security records from 1954 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
6,319 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally derived from a place in Moray, Scotland. It probably means "ditch, mire" in Gaelic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Brody in English. Counting Brody and these spellings together, about 92,387 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Brody (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brody alive today is about 14 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brody first appears in the records in 1954 and was given most often in 2008, to 6,319 babies. In 2025, 1,492 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1954 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Brody never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #70, in 2008, and it was in the top 100 for 7 years, 2008 to 2014. In 2025 it ranked #236.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #236 |
| Best rank | #70 (2008) |
| Years in the top 100 | 7 (2008 to 2014) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #104 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brody alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brody were born in California than in any other state: about 6,023 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brody was given 3 times as often in North Dakota, 2.5 times in Iowa and 2.3 times in Wyoming.
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