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Brandy

#357 most common girls' name of all time · #656 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1942–2025

Rank among girls
#357
Rank overall
#656 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
108,861
Since 2016
642
Peak year
1981 #41
Best rank
#37 1978
Girls Boys peak 6,963/yr
1960198020002020

Brandy first appears in 1942. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 53 5 58 #3,075
2024 49 12 61 #3,244
2023 57 6 63 #2,947
2022 44 13 57 #3,551
2021 43 43 #3,574
2020 47 6 53 #3,296
2019 49 6 55 #3,233
2018 65 13 78 #2,656
2017 69 13 82 #2,552
2016 80 12 92 #2,349
2015 66 11 77 #2,692
2014 93 16 109 #2,088
2013 121 18 139 #1,716
2012 132 15 147 #1,632
2011 146 22 168 #1,518
2010 177 22 199 #1,332
2009 233 27 260 #1,096
2008 250 28 278 #1,046
2007 314 24 338 #885
2006 342 23 365 #801
2005 378 33 411 #723
2004 417 24 441 #657
2003 454 22 476 #600
2002 559 27 586 #497
2001 587 25 612 #475
2000 720 17 737 #399
1999 855 23 878 #351
1998 1,058 20 1,078 #284
1997 1,112 22 1,134 #261
1996 1,366 27 1,393 #215
1995 1,508 31 1,539 #196
1994 1,350 34 1,384 #214
1993 1,520 28 1,548 #195
1992 1,814 34 1,848 #168
1991 2,060 35 2,095 #148
1990 2,266 37 2,303 #137
1989 2,454 42 2,496 #121
1988 2,686 48 2,734 #107
1987 3,032 47 3,079 #92
1986 3,295 74 3,369 #84
1985 3,901 51 3,952 #70
1984 4,580 49 4,629 #64
1983 5,194 61 5,255 #57
1982 6,077 64 6,141 #50
1981 6,898 65 6,963 #41
1980 6,410 74 6,484 #42
1979 6,775 84 6,859 #39
1978 6,699 99 6,798 #37
1977 5,477 65 5,542 #51
1976 5,232 71 5,303 #55
1975 4,944 103 5,047 #57
1974 3,832 99 3,931 #80
1973 3,715 77 3,792 #82
1972 2,081 80 2,161 #140
1971 705 48 753 #353
1970 610 57 667 #386
1969 330 30 360 #541
1968 286 31 317 #565
1967 154 26 180 #805
1966 100 21 121 #1,047
1965 90 14 104 #1,119
1964 98 11 109 #1,108
1963 70 14 84 #1,328
1962 45 9 54 #1,704
1961 32 5 37 #2,110
1960 37 8 45 #1,882
1959 28 11 39 #2,183
1958 23 8 31 #2,434
1957 20 6 26 #2,633
1956 13 7 20 #3,444
1955 27 27 #2,102
1954 24 24 #2,235
1953 21 7 28 #2,357
1952 24 24 #2,113
1951 10 5 15 #3,670
1950 12 12 #3,206
1949 17 17 #2,509
1948 8 8 #4,151
1947 8 8 #4,295
1946 5 5 #5,524
1945 6 6 #4,456
1944 6 6 #4,517
1943 8 8 #3,789
1942 6 6 #4,584