Brandie

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161 · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #5,459
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1983 · 810 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,839
since 1956

Brandie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Brandie has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #291, 1983girls
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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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2024#12,1617—
2023#13,4626—
2022#13,5926—
2021#13,4646—
2020#8,40612—
2019#7,34215—
2018#8,14613—
2017#10,6899—
2016#9,41111—
2015#7,61315—
2014#6,71318—
2013#8,13514—
2012#6,34120—
2011#4,91528—
2010#5,10827—
2009#5,22627—
2008#3,71043—
2007#3,42848—
2006#3,36848—
2005#3,21248—
2004#2,52666—
2003#2,52264—
2002#2,81953—
2001#2,21173—
2000#1,93887—
1999#1,371129—
1998#1,228148—
1997#1,050182—
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1992#601378—
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1987#461476#5,4597
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1985#361654#5,7856
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1979#319745#5,3556
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1975#337659#3,42810
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1969#1,32573—
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1965#2,11031—
1964#2,30628—
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First appearance
1956

The first year at least five girls were named Brandie! It came in at #5,325, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1957–1958, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Brandie is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedNHWashington: #555 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,987 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #560 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,520 girlsMNIllinois: #713 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,142 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #391 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,023 girlsMINew York: #834 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 7,603 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedRIOregon: #328 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,961 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedSDIowa: #404 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,128 girlsIAIndiana: #376 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,827 girlsINOhio: #419 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,431 girlsOHPennsylvania: #648 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,356 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #697 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 5,439 girlsCAUtah: #287 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,509 girlsUTColorado: #496 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,477 girlsCONebraska: #287 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,810 girlsNEMissouri: #378 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,879 girlsMOKentucky: #232 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,461 girlsKYWest Virginia: #232 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,444 girlsWVVirginia: #458 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,588 girlsVAMaryland: #263 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,731 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedDEArizona: #626 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,198 girlsAZNew Mexico: #371 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,864 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedARTennessee: #276 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,808 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #285 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,826 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #356 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,343 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Brandie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #293 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,740 girlsOKLouisiana: #378 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,193 girlsLAMississippi: #395 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,244 girlsMSAlabama: #342 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,162 girlsALGeorgia: #297 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,910 girlsGAHawaii: #182 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 711 girlsHITexas: #489 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 3,290 girlsTXFlorida: #323 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,145 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#182 · 1 in 711
  2. West Virginia#232 · 1 in 1,444
  3. Kentucky#232 · 1 in 1,461
  4. Maryland#263 · 1 in 1,731
  5. Tennessee#276 · 1 in 1,808

Best ever in a state: #97 in Vermont, 1977.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#18271 in 711
Kentucky#232141 in 1,461
West Virginia#23261 in 1,444
Maryland#263151 in 1,731
Tennessee#276161 in 1,808
North Carolina#285211 in 1,826
Nebraska#28751 in 1,810
Utah#28791 in 1,509
Oklahoma#293101 in 1,740
Georgia#297211 in 1,910
Florida#323341 in 2,145
Oregon#32881 in 1,961
Alabama#342101 in 2,162
South Carolina#35681 in 2,343
New Mexico#37151 in 1,864
Indiana#376121 in 2,827
Louisiana#378121 in 2,193
Missouri#378111 in 2,879
Michigan#391191 in 3,023
Mississippi#39561 in 2,244
Iowa#40451 in 3,128
Ohio#419201 in 3,431
Virginia#458101 in 3,588
Texas#489391 in 3,290
Colorado#49661 in 3,477
Washington#55571 in 3,987
Minnesota#56051 in 5,520
Arizona#62661 in 4,198
Pennsylvania#648111 in 6,356
California#697421 in 5,439
Illinois#713121 in 6,142
New York#834151 in 7,603
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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 Brandie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 335 spots in 1972 (#819 → #484)
  • Biggest drop: 207 spots in 1997 (#843 → #1,050)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 1983 at #291 (810 births)
  • Births halved by 1989, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1971–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,000
  • Highest: 1 in 2,000 girls born in 1978 were named Brandie (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #291 in 1983, was only 1 in 2,062 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 40.9% of all girls named Brandie (6,480) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s15#4,300 (1959)#4,813
1960s327#1,244 (1968)#2,338
1970s5,422#301 (1978)#465
1980s6,480#291 (1983)#382
1990s2,831#551 (1990)#831
2000s557#1,938 (2000)#3,096
2010s170#4,915 (2011)#7,441
2020s37#8,406 (2020)#12,217

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.

Brandie in 1988

girls
#493
461 births · 1 in 3,863 girls

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. #493Brandie461
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 3,863 of them was named Brandie, which outranked 96.4% 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 Brandie
  1. #487Tori463
  2. #491Kala462
  3. #491Shirley462
  4. #493Brandie461
  5. #494Celeste459
  6. #494Stephany459
  7. #496Gabriella456
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.

See the top 100 for 1988 →