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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |