Brandis
- Last seen for girls in 2013 at #11,000
- Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
- Given to girls 89.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1981 · 112 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 730since 1971
Brandis over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
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| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
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| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,723 | 36 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #2,515 | 37 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,022 | 50 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,429 | 85 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,181 | 112 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #2,069 | 50 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
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| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
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| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | — | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five girls were named Brandis! It came in at #5,543, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Brandis is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Brandis in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Brandis
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1981 at #1,181 (112 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,893
- Highest: 1 in 14,893 girls born in 1981 were named Brandis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 194,972 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 66.0% of all girls named Brandis (482) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2005
- Mostly boys until 2004, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 80 | #3,512 (1978) | #5,488 |
| 1980s | 482 | #1,181 (1981) | #2,593 |
| 1990s | 108 | #6,253 (1991) | #8,328 |
| 2000s | 51 | #11,599 (2008) | #14,052 |
| 2010s | 9 | #11,000 (2013) | #11,000 |
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.
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