How rare is the name Brody?

67,093 people in the United States have the first name Brody, about 1 in 4,502. It ranks #752 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRODY

#752

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
67,093
About
1 in 4,502
This common or more
65.7%
Who bears it

Of the 67,093 people named Brody, 87.7% reported their origin as White, 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Brody peaked in 2008, when 6,319 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19542025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
6,319
In 2025*
1,492 ▼76%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 81,960 babies have been given the name since 1954. 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.

Brody by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #180. The largest share of babies named Brody, 53.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#9,90327
1960s#9,92039
1970s#2,829538
1980s#1,9481,225
1990s#9455,014
2000s#27926,819
2010s#18037,380
2020s#37410,918
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–800.8%
Millennials 1981–964.8%
Generation Z 1997–1253.1%
2013 and later41.2%

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 Brody is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brody has been most common in Utah (2.3×), Arizona (2.2×), and Nevada (2.1×), and least common in New York (0.46×).

80,148 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 Brody

#750 Leroy · 67,707#751 Harrison · 67,132#753 Aurora · 66,923#754 Krista · 66,762

Spelled almost the same

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

#621 Brady · 84,835#11,956 Brodey · 1,056#14,424 Brodi · 817#42,480 Brode · 169#46,679 Broady · 142

Also a last name

As a last name, Brody ranks #5,185 of 156,621, with 6,510 people. See Brody as a last name

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