Recorded 1942–2025 · United States
Brandy was most popular in 1981, when 6,963 American babies were given the name — ranking #91 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,081, with 58 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 108,861 people named Brandy.
Brandy first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1942, which makes it about 83 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 84 of the 84 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 108,861 American births named Brandy between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 104,919 are estimated to be alive today.
58 American babies were named Brandy in 2025, ranking #5,081 that year.
Brandy is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 56 births a year, against 128 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -56% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Brandy is a girl’s name — 97.9% of the 108,861 Americans given it were girls and 2.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 87% girls and 13% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 104,919 Americans named Brandy are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 45 years old, and half are between 39 and 49. That is a narrow band: Brandy arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org