Brandy Girl
How popular is Brandy?
#3,067 girl name in 2025
53 baby girls were named Brandy in the US in 2025, making it the 3067th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Brandy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,067 for girls (▲ 158 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 53 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,685 in 2015, #3,281 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1981 (6,898 girls) |
| Highest rank | #37 in 1978 |
| First recorded | 1942 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 13% boys, 87% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Brandy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brandi family of names ranked #1,788 for girls in 2025 (#1,695 the year before), with 81 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brandi | 28 | 35% |
| Brandy | 53 | 65% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Brandy is most popular
Babies named Brandy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (14 girls)
Brandy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 64 | #2,409 |
| 1950s | 202 | #2,062 |
| 1960s | 1,242 | #541 |
| 1970s | 40,070 | #37 |
| 1980s | 44,527 | #41 |
| 1990s | 14,909 | #137 |
| 2000s | 4,254 | #398 |
| 2010s | 998 | #1,328 |
| 2020s | 293 | #2,936 |
Girl names about as popular as Brandy
Questions
- Is Brandy a boy or girl name?
- Brandy is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 87% of babies named Brandy were girls.
- How popular is the name Brandy?
- 53 baby girls were named Brandy in the US in 2025, making it the 3067th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Brandy most popular?
- Brandy peaked in 1981, when 6,898 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #37 in 1978.
- How many people are named Brandy?
- 108,861 babies have been named Brandy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 104,996 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 45.
- Where is Brandy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brandy was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.