Brandice — girls' name
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.
53% of everyone ever named Brandice was born in this single decade.
82 babies were named Brandice in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brandice
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,032 babies named Brandice between 1970 and 2011, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brandice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 82 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brandice performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 542 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Brandice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Brandice in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brandice in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,032 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Brandice at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brandice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1970
- Peak year (1981)
- 82
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
1,032 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 82 births in a single year.
Brandice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 542 births that decade — 53% of Brandice's all-time total
Brandice decade highlights
- Peak decade 542 births
- Runner-up 280 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Brandice's strongest decade
542 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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.
Top 5 states
- California 5.9% of nationwide
- Texas 5.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.5% of nationwide
- Florida 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Brandice appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.