Brandy
#3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 97.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 6,699 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 15 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 106,559since 1942
Brandy over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,067 | 53 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #3,225 | 49 | #6,832 | 12 |
| 2023 | #2,936 | 57 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #3,536 | 44 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #3,553 | 43 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,281 | 47 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #3,222 | 49 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #2,647 | 65 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #2,546 | 69 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #2,343 | 80 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #2,685 | 66 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #2,081 | 93 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #1,713 | 121 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #1,629 | 132 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #1,515 | 146 | #4,356 | 22 |
| 2010 | #1,328 | 177 | #4,366 | 22 |
| 2009 | #1,091 | 233 | #3,831 | 27 |
| 2008 | #1,045 | 250 | #3,744 | 28 |
| 2007 | #885 | 314 | #4,127 | 24 |
| 2006 | #797 | 342 | #4,105 | 23 |
| 2005 | #723 | 378 | #3,091 | 33 |
| 2004 | #657 | 417 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #600 | 454 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | #496 | 559 | #3,259 | 27 |
| 2001 | #474 | 587 | #3,410 | 25 |
| 2000 | #398 | 720 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #351 | 855 | #3,376 | 23 |
| 1998 | #284 | 1,058 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | #261 | 1,112 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #215 | 1,366 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #195 | 1,508 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1994 | #214 | 1,350 | #2,307 | 34 |
| 1993 | #195 | 1,520 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1992 | #168 | 1,814 | #2,214 | 34 |
| 1991 | #148 | 2,060 | #2,095 | 35 |
| 1990 | #137 | 2,266 | #2,012 | 37 |
| 1989 | #121 | 2,454 | #1,793 | 42 |
| 1988 | #107 | 2,686 | #1,525 | 48 |
| 1987 | #92 | 3,032 | #1,506 | 47 |
| 1986 | #84 | 3,295 | #1,088 | 74 |
| 1985 | #70 | 3,901 | #1,354 | 51 |
| 1984 | #64 | 4,580 | #1,349 | 49 |
| 1983 | #57 | 5,194 | #1,153 | 61 |
| 1982 | #50 | 6,077 | #1,140 | 64 |
| 1981 | #41 | 6,898 | #1,133 | 65 |
| 1980 | #42 | 6,410 | #1,047 | 74 |
| 1979 | #39 | 6,775 | #965 | 84 |
| 1978 | #37 | 6,699 | #865 | 99 |
| 1977 | #51 | 5,477 | #1,071 | 65 |
| 1976 | #55 | 5,232 | #990 | 71 |
| 1975 | #57 | 4,944 | #818 | 103 |
| 1974 | #80 | 3,832 | #807 | 99 |
| 1973 | #82 | 3,715 | #914 | 77 |
| 1972 | #140 | 2,081 | #894 | 80 |
| 1971 | #353 | 705 | #1,181 | 48 |
| 1970 | #385 | 610 | #1,080 | 57 |
| 1969 | #541 | 330 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1968 | #565 | 286 | #1,393 | 31 |
| 1967 | #805 | 154 | #1,507 | 26 |
| 1966 | #1,042 | 100 | #1,684 | 21 |
| 1965 | #1,109 | 90 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #1,103 | 98 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #1,319 | 70 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #1,690 | 45 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 32 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,152 | 28 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Brandy! It came in at #4,124, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1946, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Brandy is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#582 · 1 in 6,855
- California#649 · 1 in 6,406
- Michigan#716 · 1 in 10,504
- Texas#806 · 1 in 8,354
- Illinois#1,032 · 1 in 17,597
Best ever in a state: #7 in Louisiana, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #582 | 5 | 1 in 6,855 |
| California | #649 | 24 | 1 in 6,406 |
| Michigan | #716 | 7 | 1 in 10,504 |
| Texas | #806 | 11 | 1 in 8,354 |
| Illinois | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 17,597 |
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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 Brandy
- 158 spots since 2024 (#3,225 → #3,067)
- 214 spots since 2020 (#3,281 → #3,067)
- 382 spots since 2015 (#2,685 → #3,067)
- Biggest jump: 240 spots in 1968 (#805 → #565)
- Biggest drop: 160 spots in 2008 (#885 → #1,045)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1978 at #37 (6,699 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1973–1987
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1967–2007
- Highest: 1 in 229 girls born in 1978 were named Brandy (0.44%)
- Latest: 1 in 30,326 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 41.8% of all girls named Brandy (44,527) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 64 | #2,410 (1949) | #3,870 |
| 1950s | 202 | #2,063 (1955) | #2,557 |
| 1960s | 1,242 | #541 (1969) | #1,210 |
| 1970s | 40,070 | #37 (1978) | #128 |
| 1980s | 44,527 | #41 (1981) | #73 |
| 1990s | 14,909 | #137 (1990) | #217 |
| 2000s | 4,254 | #398 (2000) | #717 |
| 2010s | 998 | #1,328 (2010) | #2,171 |
| 2020s | 293 | #2,936 (2023) | #3,266 |
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.
Brandy in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 16,922 of them was named Brandy, which outranked 86.3% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,031Tanja101
- #1,031Tawnya101
- #1,031Thea101
- #1,042Brandy100
- #1,042Gretta100
- #1,042Jena100
- #1,042Joseph100
- #1,050Autumn99
- #1,050Charity99
- #1,050Deeann99
Tied with 7 names at #1,042; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 84,927 of them was named Brandy, which outranked 62.9% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,650Stevenson22
- #1,650Therron22
- #1,650Webster22
- #1,684Brandy21
- #1,684Benard21
- #1,684Blain21
- #1,684Cecilio21
- #1,723Alonso20
- #1,723Americo20
- #1,723Andrae20
Tied with 38 names at #1,684; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.