Broadus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Broadus

The Social Security Administration has registered 905 babies named Broadus between 1900 and 2013, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Broadus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Broadus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 227 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Broadus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 335 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Broadus in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Broadus 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 905 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.