NameTides

Brody

Brody was the #236 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,492 babies), and #106 in England & Wales and #251 in Canada.

Brody as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Brody as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandUSCanada
Brody as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#236 (1,492)#106 (491)#116 (43)#120 (19)#147 (36)#251 (133)
2024#224 (1,615)#99 (553)#113 (47)#116 (19)#129 (42)#213 (157)
2023#204 (1,811)#82 (630)#86 (62)#126 (19)#113 (50)#212 (153)
2022#207 (1,791)#84 (670)#69 (79)#107 (24)#99 (64)#191 (183)
2021#186 (2,037)#90 (645)#93 (66)#84 (35)#85 (75)#168 (217)
2020#178 (2,148)#126 (432)#98 (58)#73 (40)#120 (51)#181 (198)
2019#172 (2,247)#118 (488)#104 (57)#112 (23)#108 (63)#163 (228)
2018#157 (2,483)#116 (514)#113 (54)#78 (39)#109 (61)#135 (275)
2017#152 (2,554)#151 (380)#144 (40)#95 (30)#111 (58)#140 (276)
2016#135 (3,062)#153 (384)#130 (47)#98 (32)#111 (62)#135 (304)
2015#106 (3,747)#148 (381)#123 (51)#117 (26)#157 (41)#118 (341)
2014#93 (4,327)#149 (373)#96 (73)#118 (25)#121 (58)#97 (413)
2013#94 (4,337)#170 (331)#117 (53)#126 (22)#117 (59)#106 (385)
2012#91 (4,366)#203 (273)#118 (54)#133 (21)#191 (33)#106 (381)
2011#83 (5,078)#215 (228)#134 (45)#168 (15)#165 (41)#84 (455)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #70.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1954.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 550common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 460common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 440common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 660common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Brody is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Brody by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #176WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #145NHWashington: #241WAIdaho: #256IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: #170NDMinnesota: #156MNIllinois: #325ILMichigan: #153MINew York: #252NYMassachusetts: #193MAOregon: #220ORNevada: #362NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #171SDIowa: #257IAIndiana: #283INOhio: #184OHPennsylvania: #189PANew Jersey: #157NJConnecticut: #268CTRhode Island: #125RICalifornia: #272CAUtah: #233UTColorado: #293CONebraska: #210NEMissouri: #192MOKentucky: #163KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: #365VAMaryland: #233MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #193AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #196KSArkansas: #284ARTennessee: #222TNNorth Carolina: #276NCSouth Carolina: #287SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #220OKLouisiana: #278LAMississippi: #281MSAlabama: #207ALGeorgia: #308GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #332TXFlorida: #231FL
Brody (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#125104
Quebec2025#7165

Brody (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BrodyCanadaGirls—too few
BrodyCanadaBoys#251133
BrodyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
BrodyEngland & WalesBoys#106491
BrodyIrelandGirls—too few
BrodyIrelandBoys#14736
BrodyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BrodyNorthern IrelandBoys#12019
BrodyScotlandGirls—too few
BrodyScotlandBoys#11643
BrodyUSGirls—too few
BrodyUSBoys#2361,492