Brodie
Brodie was given to 213 boys in 2025, #1,039 among boys’ names; 11,889 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,400 Americans named Brodie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 11 and 23.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Brodie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Brodie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Brodie is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Scottish habitational surname of uncertain meaning. Probably of Pictish or Gaelic origin. Some of the suggestions that have been advanced as to the meaning of the name Brodie are:
“ditch” or “mire”, from the old Irish word broth;
“muddy place”, from the Gaelic word brothach;
“a point”, “a spot”, or “level piece of land”, from the Gaelic word Brodha;
or originated from the Pict name Brude, Bruid or Bridei from King Bridei of the Picts.
/ˈbɹoʊdi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Brodie?
#1,039 among boys’ names, 2025
Brodie fell from #742 in 2015 to #1,039 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.17 to 0.12 per 1,000.
722 babies in 2008, the peak
Brodie peaked in 2008, when 722 babies were given it (693 boys, #421 among boys’ names). The 219 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 30% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 213 | #1,039 | 0.12 |
| 2024 | 236 | #961 | 0.14 |
| 2023 | 289 | #843 | 0.17 |
| 2022 | 266 | #888 | 0.15 |
| 2021 | 299 | #811 | 0.17 |
| 2020 | 259 | #870 | 0.15 |
| 2019 | 254 | #869 | 0.14 |
| 2018 | 230 | #925 | 0.13 |
| 2017 | 267 | #832 | 0.14 |
| 2016 | 305 | #779 | 0.16 |
Every recorded year (104)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 326 | #742 | 0.17 |
| 2014 | 371 | #682 | 0.19 |
| 2013 | 336 | #705 | 0.18 |
| 2012 | 387 | #628 | 0.20 |
| 2011 | 476 | #537 | 0.25 |
| 2010 | 500 | #517 | 0.26 |
| 2009 | 554 | #493 | 0.28 |
| 2008 | 693 | #421 | 0.34 |
| 2007 | 602 | #459 | 0.29 |
| 2006 | 614 | #444 | 0.30 |
| 2005 | 407 | #573 | 0.20 |
| 2004 | 347 | #617 | 0.17 |
| 2003 | 288 | #677 | 0.15 |
| 2002 | 254 | #703 | 0.13 |
| 2001 | 167 | #926 | 0.09 |
| 2000 | 160 | #947 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 116 | #1,131 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 129 | #1,041 | 0.07 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,026 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 118 | #1,036 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 102 | #1,130 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 109 | #1,066 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 111 | #1,044 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 87 | #1,194 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 60 | #1,462 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 56 | #1,512 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 54 | #1,515 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 55 | #1,402 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 62 | #1,234 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 68 | #1,143 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,171 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 48 | #1,364 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 39 | #1,539 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 44 | #1,442 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 47 | #1,379 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 48 | #1,357 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,273 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,621 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 39 | #1,477 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,786 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,753 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,390 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 38 | #1,357 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 34 | #1,455 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,787 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,996 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,086 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,404 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,626 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 8 | #3,014 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,112 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,076 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,423 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,122 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,306 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,281 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 5 | #4,006 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,791 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,469 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,694 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,513 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,060 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,471 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,458 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,378 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,722 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,140 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,486 | under 0.01 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,580 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,901 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,907 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,578 | under 0.01 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,511 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,894 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,741 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,731 | under 0.01 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,765 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,840 | under 0.01 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,221 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,616 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,870 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,423 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,326 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,051 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,046 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,241 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,987 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,397 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,564 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,058 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,552 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,473 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,816 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,590 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Brodie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 11,889 Americans recorded as Brodie, 4% are girls and 96% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 girls and 213 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Brodie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Brodie, and how old are they?
11,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 11,889 Americans ever recorded as Brodie. The median Brodie alive today is 17 years old; half are between 11 and 23.
The 2020 Census counted 9,321 people named Brodie (462 women and girls, 8,859 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,936 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 22 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 88 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 388 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,090 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,010 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,810 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Brodie born?
The states with the most babies named Brodie are Texas, Pennsylvania and Florida, with 36% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 25 | #956 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | #579 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 13 | #1,017 | 0.6× |
| California | 12 | #1,454 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 11 | #788 | 0.9× |
| Tennessee | 10 | #679 | 1.1× |
| New York | 9 | #1,222 | 0.4× |
| Alabama | 8 | #579 | 3.0× |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,006 | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 7 | #889 | 0.7× |
Where Brodie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Brodie is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1912 it was given 3.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Brodie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 96,917 babies since 1880, Brodie is the second most given (12% of them). In 2025 it was given to 219 of their 1,745 babies (13%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Brodie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Brodie and names like it
- Compare Brodie and BrodyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sBrodie peaked in 2008.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Brodie since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Brodie: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2008The year the most babies were named Brodie.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Brodie alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with BMost given first.