# Broderick (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/broderick/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Broadrick |
| US babies named this | 8,952 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,952 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized from Welsh ap + Rhydderch.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 203 | 972 |
| 2012 | 230 | 903 |
| 2013 | 196 | 999 |
| 2014 | 215 | 973 |
| 2015 | 158 | 1,176 |
| 2016 | 156 | 1,209 |
| 2017 | 147 | 1,245 |
| 2018 | 122 | 1,434 |
| 2019 | 103 | 1,606 |
| 2020 | 100 | 1,609 |
| 2021 | 75 | 1,983 |
| 2022 | 69 | 2,138 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,192 |
| 2024 | 59 | 2,376 |
| 2025 | 51 | 2,573 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Broderick

- Broderick Crawford, American actor (1911–1986)
- Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo, Filipino bishop
- Broderick Johnson, American film producer
- Broderick Dyke, Australian tennis player
- Broderick Thompson, Canadian skier
- Steve Harvey, American television presenter, comedian, actor, and author (born 1957)

## 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.