Girls' name · since 1970
Brandice
1,032 babies named Brandice in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,032
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Brandice sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,032 recorded since 1970.
Brandice has 1,032 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2011.
- #7,350 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,032 born since 1970
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brandice ranks #7,350 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,032 born since 1970, peaking in the 1980s.
- #7,350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,032
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Brandice's 1,032 recorded births place it above 89.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Brandice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brandice's full recorded timeline at 1989, 24% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 76% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 82 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brandice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2011
- Peak year (1981)
- 82
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Brandice by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (542 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Brandice's strongest decade.
542 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Brandice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
280 births
- 1980s
1980s
542 births
- 1990s 162
1990s
162 births
- 2000s 38
2000s
38 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 542 births (53% of all-time use).
How Brandice compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Brandice's total volume
Brandice by state
Where Brandice concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 61 | 5.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 55 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 28 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 26 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 13 | 1.3% |
| #6 | New York | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.5% |
61 of 1,032 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Brandice appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Brandice's data
- Brandice's decade-level peak was the 1980s (542 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Brandices (61 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brandice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brandice draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.