Brandi

#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #10,662
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1981 · 5,527 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
15 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
101,906
since 1949

Brandi over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #50, 1981girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,75828—
2024#4,29433—
2023#3,47645—
2022#2,95656—
2021#2,67464—
2020#2,93155—
2019#2,75261—
2018#2,86958—
2017#2,33878—
2016#2,30882—
2015#1,883108—
2014#2,25683—
2013#1,539142—
2012#1,432159—
2011#1,335174—
2010#1,450156—
2009#1,234201—
2008#1,043251—
2007#979274—
2006#973269#10,6626
2005#780333—
2004#666411—
2003#606449—
2002#525523—
2001#458604—
2000#388744—
1999#3021,023—
1998#2571,202#8,4796
1997#1991,484#9,2655
1996#1611,952#7,9716
1995#1242,571#6,9927
1994#1222,635—
1993#1242,692#8,7005
1992#1102,968#5,6609
1991#1103,090#5,5219
1990#1033,338#8,1175
1989#983,250#2,98920
1988#913,169#3,91512
1987#883,244#3,33914
1986#793,432#2,68419
1985#694,045#2,59819
1984#614,848#1,97927
1983#565,203#2,40820
1982#555,469#2,42620
1981#505,527#2,13824
1980#634,703#2,11025
1979#614,609#1,94327
1978#614,500#2,06823
1977#713,885#2,00824
1976#793,537#2,60116
1975#883,369#3,6599
1974#1062,809#3,12011
1973#1092,843#2,51315
1972#1412,055#4,4416
1971#330795—
1970#365676—
1969#464436—
1968#500378—
1967#738175—
1966#849138—
1965#1,009107—
1964#1,24678—
1963#1,26276—
1962#2,11331—
1961#2,83919—
1960#2,24627—
1959#4,03110—
1958#5,4086—
1957#4,5368—
1956#2,45321—
1955#5,2086—
1954#3,15713—
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First appearance
1949

The first year at least five girls were named Brandi! It came in at #5,244, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1949–1952, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Brandi is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #122 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 467 girlsAKMaine: #88 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 341 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Brandi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #135 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 663 girlsNHWashington: #108 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 547 girlsWAIdaho: #104 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 476 girlsIDMontana: #158 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 588 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #81 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 313 girlsNDMinnesota: #131 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 708 girlsMNIllinois: #123 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 658 girlsILWisconsin: #157 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 955 girlsWIMichigan: #93 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 479 girlsMINew York: #235 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 1,444 girlsNYMassachusetts: #402 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,102 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Brandi, so not publishedRIOregon: #118 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 581 girlsORNevada: #73 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 298 girlsNVWyoming: #66 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 231 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #109 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 466 girlsSDIowa: #112 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 559 girlsIAIndiana: #73 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 350 girlsINOhio: #92 for girls · 140 births · 1 in 490 girlsOHPennsylvania: #107 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 578 girlsPANew Jersey: #293 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,969 girlsNJConnecticut: #415 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,125 girlsCTCalifornia: #166 for girls · 239 births · 1 in 956 girlsCAUtah: #99 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 468 girlsUTColorado: #98 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 474 girlsCONebraska: #75 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 323 girlsNEMissouri: #86 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 428 girlsMOKentucky: #67 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 330 girlsKYWest Virginia: #56 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 241 girlsWVVirginia: #69 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 366 girlsVAMaryland: #114 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 618 girlsMDDelaware: #122 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 584 girlsDEArizona: #89 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 406 girlsAZNew Mexico: #83 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 345 girlsNMKansas: #60 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 251 girlsKSArkansas: #56 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 247 girlsARTennessee: #42 for girls · 144 births · 1 in 201 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #62 for girls · 128 births · 1 in 300 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #54 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 257 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Brandi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #53 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 232 girlsOKLouisiana: #50 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 241 girlsLAMississippi: #45 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 236 girlsMSAlabama: #53 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 238 girlsALGeorgia: #53 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 266 girlsGAHawaii: #60 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 262 girlsHITexas: #88 for girls · 300 births · 1 in 428 girlsTXFlorida: #80 for girls · 172 births · 1 in 424 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#42 · 1 in 201
  2. Mississippi#45 · 1 in 236
  3. Louisiana#50 · 1 in 241
  4. Oklahoma#53 · 1 in 232
  5. Alabama#53 · 1 in 238

Best ever in a state: #15 in Idaho, 1973.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#421441 in 201
Mississippi#45571 in 236
Louisiana#501091 in 241
Alabama#53911 in 238
Georgia#531511 in 266
Oklahoma#53751 in 232
South Carolina#54731 in 257
Arkansas#56501 in 247
West Virginia#56361 in 241
Hawaii#60191 in 262
Kansas#60571 in 251
North Carolina#621281 in 300
Wyoming#6681 in 231
Kentucky#67621 in 330
Virginia#69981 in 366
Indiana#73971 in 350
Nevada#73191 in 298
Nebraska#75281 in 323
Florida#801721 in 424
North Dakota#81131 in 313
New Mexico#83271 in 345
Missouri#86741 in 428
Maine#88181 in 341
Texas#883001 in 428
Arizona#89621 in 406
Ohio#921401 in 490
Michigan#931201 in 479
Colorado#98441 in 474
Utah#99291 in 468
Idaho#104111 in 476
Pennsylvania#1071211 in 578
Washington#108511 in 547
South Dakota#10981 in 466
Iowa#112281 in 559
Maryland#114421 in 618
Oregon#118271 in 581
Alaska#12271 in 467
Delaware#12261 in 584
Illinois#1231121 in 658
Minnesota#131391 in 708
New Hampshire#135101 in 663
Wisconsin#157301 in 955
Montana#15861 in 588
California#1662391 in 956
New York#235791 in 1,444
New Jersey#293231 in 1,969
Massachusetts#402121 in 3,102
Connecticut#41561 in 3,125
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Brandi
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 464 spots since 2024 (#4,294 → #4,758)
  • 1,827 spots since 2020 (#2,931 → #4,758)
  • 2,875 spots since 2015 (#1,883 → #4,758)
  • Biggest jump: 238 spots in 1968 (#738 → #500)
  • Biggest drop: 193 spots in 2006 (#780 → #973)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1949
  • Peaked 1981 at #50 (5,527 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1975–1989
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1966–2007
Share of babies · girls
1 in 302
  • Highest: 1 in 302 girls born in 1981 were named Brandi (0.33%)
  • Latest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 42.1% of all girls named Brandi (42,890) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#5,244 (1949)#5,244
1950s72#2,453 (1956)#4,146
1960s1,465#464 (1969)#1,327
1970s29,078#61 (1979)#141
1980s42,890#50 (1981)#71
1990s22,955#103 (1990)#161
2000s4,059#388 (2000)#765
2010s1,101#1,335 (2011)#2,016
2020s281#2,674 (2021)#3,515

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Brandi in 1988

girls
#91
3,169 births · 1 in 562 girls
boys
#3,915
12 births · 1 in 159,524 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #91Brandi3,169

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #3,915Brandi12
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 562 of them was named Brandi, which outranked 99.3% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brandi
  1. #88Julia3,359
  2. #89Bethany3,270
  3. #90Dana3,192
  4. #91Brandi3,169
  5. #92Casey3,150
  6. #93Margaret3,139
  7. #94Leslie3,079
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 159,524 of them was named Brandi, which outranked 53.9% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brandi
  1. #3,705Yechiel13
  2. #3,705Zaccheus13
  3. #3,705Zed13
  4. #3,915Brandi12
  5. #3,915Abrahan12
  6. #3,915Albaro12
  7. #3,915Alistair12
  8. #4,162Aaryn11
  9. #4,162Abdulaziz11
  10. #4,162Abiel11

Tied with 246 names at #3,915; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,252Nico#4,239 → #987
  2. ↑ 1,245Ridge#2,215 → #970
  3. ↑ 668Colten#1,484 → #816
  4. ↑ 600Brantley#1,587 → #987
  5. ↑ 518Long#1,337 → #819
Fallers
  1. ↓ 362Cordaro#908 → #1,270
  2. ↓ 246Ramsey#884 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 241Yaakov#974 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 233Adrain#990 → #1,223
  5. ↓ 230Kiel#846 → #1,076

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988 →