Brody — #224 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Brody

The Social Security Administration has registered 80,174 babies named Brody between 1954 and 2024, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brody currently holds the #224 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 6,299 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brody performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 37,252 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Brody shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5,955 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Brody in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brody 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 80,174 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.