Brody Boy
How popular is Brody?
#236 boy name in 2025
1,492 baby boys were named Brody in the US in 2025, making it the 236th most popular boy name.
Brody popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #236 for boys (▼ 12 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,492 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-60% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #106 in 2015, #178 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (6,299 boys) |
| Highest rank | #70 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1954 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Brody counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brody family of names ranked #219 for boys in 2025 (#208 the year before), with 1,739 babies in all.
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 Brody is most popular
Babies named Brody per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Montana: 2.7 per 1,000 (47 boys)
- Rhode Island: 2.5 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- South Dakota: 2.4 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- New Hampshire: 2.4 per 1,000 (53 boys)
- North Dakota: 2.3 per 1,000 (40 boys)
Brody by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 27 | #2,941 |
| 1960s | 39 | #2,984 |
| 1970s | 538 | #977 |
| 1980s | 1,225 | #635 |
| 1990s | 5,008 | #349 |
| 2000s | 26,690 | #70 |
| 2010s | 37,257 | #83 |
| 2020s | 10,894 | #178 |
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Questions
- Is Brody a boy or girl name?
- Brody is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Brody were boys.
- How popular is the name Brody?
- 1,492 baby boys were named Brody in the US in 2025, making it the 236th most popular boy name.
- When was Brody most popular?
- Brody peaked in 2008, when 6,299 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #70 in 2008.
- How many people are named Brody?
- 81,960 babies have been named Brody in the US since 1880. We estimate about 81,016 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Brody most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brody was most common in Montana, at 2.7 of every 1,000 boys 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.