# Brody (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brody/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /bɹoʊdi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 81,960 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 81,678 / 282 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7,855, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 20 | 6,598 |
| 2009 | 18 | 7,117 |
| 2010 | 17 | 7,273 |
| 2011 | 19 | 6,607 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,421 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,400 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,078 |
| 2015 | 17 | 7,032 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,236 |
| 2017 | 14 | 7,923 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,126 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,236 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,542 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,450 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,629 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,078 | 83 |
| 2012 | 4,366 | 91 |
| 2013 | 4,337 | 94 |
| 2014 | 4,327 | 93 |
| 2015 | 3,747 | 106 |
| 2016 | 3,062 | 135 |
| 2017 | 2,554 | 152 |
| 2018 | 2,483 | 157 |
| 2019 | 2,247 | 172 |
| 2020 | 2,148 | 178 |
| 2021 | 2,037 | 186 |
| 2022 | 1,791 | 207 |
| 2023 | 1,811 | 204 |
| 2024 | 1,615 | 224 |
| 2025 | 1,492 | 236 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 14 | 1,741 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,589 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 228 | 215 |
| 2012 | 273 | 203 |
| 2013 | 331 | 170 |
| 2014 | 373 | 149 |
| 2015 | 381 | 148 |
| 2016 | 384 | 153 |
| 2017 | 380 | 151 |
| 2018 | 514 | 116 |
| 2019 | 488 | 118 |
| 2020 | 432 | 126 |
| 2021 | 645 | 90 |
| 2022 | 670 | 84 |
| 2023 | 630 | 82 |
| 2024 | 553 | 99 |
| 2025 | 491 | 106 |

## People named Brody

- Brody Jenner, American reality television personality and model
- Brody Stevens, American comedian (1970–2019)
- Brody Malone, American gymnast
- Brody Hutzler, American actor

## 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.