Is Brazil a boy or girl name?

Brazil is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 722 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 90.4% were girls and 9.6% were boys.

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Brazil

Recorded 1920–2025 · United States

Brazil was most popular in 2020, when 44 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,992 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,270, with 34 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 722 people named Brazil.

Brazil over time

Births per year. The dot marks Brazil’s peak in 2020. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Brazil a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Brazil is mostly a girl’s name — 90.4% of the 722 Americans given it were girls and 9.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 92% girls and 8% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Brazil

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org