Recorded 1954–2025 · United States
Brody was most popular in 2008, when 6,319 American babies were given the name — ranking #104 that year. In 2025 it ranked #454, with 1,492 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 81,960 people named Brody.
Brody first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1954, which makes it about 71 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 66 of the 72 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 81,960 American births named Brody 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 80,950 are estimated to be alive today.
1,492 American babies were named Brody in 2025, ranking #454 that year.
Brody is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,753 births a year, against 4,384 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -60% 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 Brody is a boy’s name — 0.3% of the 81,960 Americans given it were girls and 99.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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 80,950 Americans named Brody are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 10 and 19. That is a narrow band: Brody 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