first name
BRANDY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 92,449 people named Brandy, 74.8% reported their origin as White, 10.8% as Black and 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Brandy peaked in 1981, when 6,963 babies got the name.
At least 108,861 babies have been given the name since 1942. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Brandy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #134. The largest share of babies named Brandy, 46.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Brandy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brandy has been most common in Louisiana (2.1×), Arkansas (1.9×), and Tennessee (1.8×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.08×).
104,926 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Brandy
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brandy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Brandy ranks #23,499 of 156,621, with 1,115 people. See Brandy as a last name
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