Broadus

Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136

Peak · boys
1903 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
905
since 1900

Broadus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Broadus has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201903peak #1,009, 1903boys
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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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2013#12,1365
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1987#5,4597
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1985#6,5235
1984#6,3155
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1982#5,6196
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1980#5,5256
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1974#4,6346
1973#5,1015
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1971#2,97311
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1968#4,1365
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1966#3,9485
1965#3,2447
1964#4,0395
1963#2,53911
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1961#4,0655
1960#3,6656
1959#3,0378
1958#2,8189
1957#2,01916
1956#2,16814
1955#2,55810
1954#2,44911
1953#2,28712
1952#2,37611
1951#2,49510
1950#2,11113
1949#2,45310
1948#2,02714
1947#1,85017
1946#2,6908
1945#2,7437
1944#2,08012
1943#1,83316
1942#1,38125
1941#2,33310
1940#2,08112
1939#1,63617
1938#2,32610
1937#2,19711
1936#1,72316
1935#1,92914
1934#1,65818
1933#1,58619
1932#2,31311
1931#1,58920
1930#1,75318
1929#1,67220
1928#1,52224
1927#1,64722
1926#1,98116
1925#1,58323
1924#1,28732
1923#1,30031
1922#1,59123
1921#2,26514
1920#1,64222
1919#1,32129
1918#1,76719
1917#1,36226
1916#1,45923
1915#1,45422
1914#1,44118
1913#1,67611
1912#1,7469
1911#1,5376
1910#1,5895
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1903#1,0096
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1900#1,3105
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Broadus! It came in at #1,310, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1900–1902, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Broadus is popular in 1903

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Broadus
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1903 at #1,009 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,872
  • Highest: 1 in 19,872 boys born in 1903 were named Broadus (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 378,316 boys born in 2013 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.1% of all boys named Broadus (227) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s11#1,009 (1903)#1,160
1910s168#1,321 (1919)#1,535
1920s227#1,287 (1924)#1,649
1930s154#1,586 (1933)#1,871
1940s131#1,381 (1942)#2,147
1950s114#2,019 (1957)#2,432
1960s44#2,539 (1963)#3,662
1970s22#2,973 (1971)#4,236
1980s29#5,459 (1987)#5,888
1990s0——
2000s0——
2010s5#12,136 (2013)#12,136

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

Broadus in 1903

boys
#1,009
6 births · 1 in 19,872 boys

Top boys' names in 1903

  1. #1John7,608
  2. #2William6,311
  3. #3James5,479
  4. #4George3,961
  5. #5Charles3,213
  6. #6Joseph3,121
  7. #7Robert3,044
  8. #8Frank2,644
  9. #9Edward2,268
  10. #10Thomas1,962
  11. #1,009Broadus6
More about 1903

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119,230 boys got a published name in 1903; 1 in 19,872 of them was named Broadus, which outranked 22.7% of the 1,306 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Broadus
  1. #910Winifred7
  2. #910Wright7
  3. #910Wylie7
  4. #1,009Broadus6
  5. #1,009Aden6
  6. #1,009Agnes6
  7. #1,009Anson6
  8. #1,130Adelard5
  9. #1,130Adelbert5
  10. #1,130Adolf5

Tied with 120 names at #1,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1902
Risers
  1. ↑ 610Garnett#1,137 → #527
  2. ↑ 562Jordan#1,013 → #451
  3. ↑ 561Reynold#1,137 → #576
  4. ↑ 542Artis#1,137 → #595
  5. ↑ 518Josiah#1,137 → #619
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Hunter#556 → #1,130
  2. ↓ 547Audrey#583 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 479Hayes#651 → #1,130
  4. ↓ 479Hezekiah#651 → #1,130
  5. ↓ 479Oakley#651 → #1,130

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

See the top 100 for 1903 →