How rare is the name Broderick?

6,679 people in the United States have the first name Broderick, about 1 in 45,221. It ranks #3,220 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRODERICK

#3,220

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,679
About
1 in 45,221
This common or more
81.9%
Who bears it

Of the 6,679 people named Broderick, 47.1% reported their origin as White, 42% as Black and 5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Broderick peaked in 2009, when 253 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19502025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
253
In 2025*
51 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,952 babies have been given the name since 1950. 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.

Broderick by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,943. The largest share of babies named Broderick, 33.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#2,183594
1960s#2,352600
1970s#1,962999
1980s#1,9431,226
1990s#2,0751,490
2000s#2,1311,889
2010s#2,4211,735
2020s#4,480419
Baby boom 1946–6410.1%
Generation X 1965–8015.8%
Millennials 1981–9624.1%
Generation Z 1997–1233.1%
2013 and later16.9%

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 Broderick is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Broderick has been most common in Louisiana (4×), Alabama (3.5×), and Georgia (2.5×), and least common in New York (0.3×).

5,604 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 Broderick

#3,218 Jaelynn · 6,684#3,218 Lavern · 6,684#3,221 Josette · 6,678#3,222 Briley · 6,676

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Broderick, most common first.

#10,688 Brodrick · 1,233#37,938 Broderic · 204#38,294 Bradrick · 201

Also a last name

As a last name, Broderick ranks #3,461 of 156,621, with 10,078 people. See Broderick as a last name

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