How rare is the name Brodie?

9,321 people in the United States have the first name Brodie, about 1 in 32,403. It ranks #2,577 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRODIE

#2,577

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,321
About
1 in 32,403
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,321 people named Brodie, 86.8% reported their origin as White, 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% as two or more races. 95% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Brodie peaked in 2008, when 722 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
722
In 2025*
219 ▼70%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,889 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Brodie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,204. The largest share of babies named Brodie, 51.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#5,41159
1920s#5,80986
1930s#6,12959
1940s#5,74578
1950s#7,27765
1960s#7,94867
1970s#3,689349
1980s#3,296529
1990s#2,5911,055
2000s#1,2044,277
2010s#1,4483,626
2020s#1,8011,639
Greatest Generation 1901–271.1%
Silent Generation 1928–451%
Baby boom 1946–641.2%
Generation X 1965–803.6%
Millennials 1981–969.6%
Generation Z 1997–1251.2%
2013 and later32.3%

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 Brodie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brodie has been most common in Alabama (3.6×), Colorado (1.8×), and Idaho (1.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.21×).

8,465 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 Brodie

#2,575 Fern · 9,341#2,576 Ruthann · 9,335#2,578 Selene · 9,318#2,579 Caren · 9,317

Spelled almost the same

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

#14,424 Brodi · 817#16,187 Bradie · 701#17,437 Brodee · 633#22,738 Bridie · 435#42,480 Brode · 169

Also a last name

As a last name, Brodie ranks #5,585 of 156,621, with 6,009 people. See Brodie as a last name

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