Broderick — #2398 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Broderick

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,900 babies named Broderick between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Broderick currently holds the #2398 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 253 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Broderick performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,889 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Broderick shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,058 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Broderick in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Broderick 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 8,900 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.