Broderick

Where Broderick comes from

Anglicized from Welsh ap + Rhydderch.
— Wiktionary's entry for Broderick
Along the way
  1. 1911
    Broderick Crawford born
    American actor
  2. 1950
    First appearance
    #1,313 among boys, 30 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1955
    Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo born
    Filipino bishop
  4. 1956
    Peak, #683
    121 babies named Broderick — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,020.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Broderick Crawford · American actor, 1911–1986
  • Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo · Filipino bishop, born 1955
  • Broderick Johnson · American film producer, born 2000
  • Broderick Dyke · Australian tennis player, born 1960
  • Broderick Thompson · Canadian skier, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.