# Brandy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brandy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹændi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Brandi |
| US babies named this | 108,861 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,302 / 106,559 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 41, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 146 | 1,515 |
| 2012 | 132 | 1,633 |
| 2013 | 121 | 1,714 |
| 2014 | 93 | 2,082 |
| 2015 | 66 | 2,687 |
| 2016 | 80 | 2,347 |
| 2017 | 69 | 2,550 |
| 2018 | 65 | 2,652 |
| 2019 | 49 | 3,232 |
| 2020 | 47 | 3,293 |
| 2021 | 43 | 3,557 |
| 2022 | 44 | 3,547 |
| 2023 | 57 | 2,941 |
| 2024 | 49 | 3,236 |
| 2025 | 53 | 3,072 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 22 | 4,377 |
| 2011 | 22 | 4,384 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,749 |
| 2013 | 18 | 5,003 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,509 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,133 |
| 2016 | 12 | 6,783 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,369 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,396 |
| 2019 | 6 | 10,981 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,790 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,536 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,022 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6,895 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,310 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2,701 |
| 1999 | 10 | 1,675 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2002 | 7 | 2,301 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |

## People named Brandy

- Brandy Norwood, American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1979)
- Brandy Ledford, American actress and model
- Brandy Talore, American pornographic actress
- Brandy Clark, American singer-songwriter
- Brandy Aniston, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.