Broadus
Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 905since 1900
Broadus over time
Rank among boys' names. Broadus has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
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| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,019 | 16 |
| 1956 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #1,850 | 17 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #1,381 | 25 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #1,658 | 18 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #1,672 | 20 |
| 1928 | #1,522 | 24 |
| 1927 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #1,287 | 32 |
| 1923 | #1,300 | 31 |
| 1922 | #1,591 | 23 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | #1,321 | 29 |
| 1918 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #1,362 | 26 |
| 1916 | #1,459 | 23 |
| 1915 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,441 | 18 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
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| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#211 · 1 in 1,669
- North Carolina#517 · 1 in 6,872
Best ever in a state: #165 in South Carolina, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #211 | 11 | 1 in 1,669 |
| North Carolina | #517 | 5 | 1 in 6,872 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Broadus
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1903 at #1,009 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 25.1% of all boys named Broadus (227) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | #1,009 (1903) | #1,160 |
| 1910s | 168 | #1,321 (1919) | #1,535 |
| 1920s | 227 | #1,287 (1924) | #1,649 |
| 1930s | 154 | #1,586 (1933) | #1,871 |
| 1940s | 131 | #1,381 (1942) | #2,147 |
| 1950s | 114 | #2,019 (1957) | #2,432 |
| 1960s | 44 | #2,539 (1963) | #3,662 |
| 1970s | 22 | #2,973 (1971) | #4,236 |
| 1980s | 29 | #5,459 (1987) | #5,888 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #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 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 46,151 of them was named Broadus, which outranked 67.8% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,480Toby25
- #1,480Walt25
- #1,480Zeb25
- #1,522Broadus24
- #1,522Anastacio24
- #1,522Ann24
- #1,522Buddie24
- #1,569Agapito23
- #1,569Armstead23
- #1,569Blas23
Tied with 46 names at #1,522; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.