girls:
106.5k births since 1942
#352 (94th percentile)
boys:
2.3k births since 1951
#2638 (42nd percentile)
overall:
108.7k births since 1942
#639 (92nd percentile)
The name Brandy is the #639 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 108,736 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 91.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 91.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #352 (93.9% percentile) for all time with 106,451 births since 1942. For boys, it ranks #2,638 (42.4% percentile) for all time with 2,285 births since 1951.
Brandy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (1942 for girls and 1951 for boys).
The name Brandy has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 90.5% of babies named Brandy were girls.
For girls, Brandy reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 95.4% percentile (ranked #36) with 4,075 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 4,075 births per million (ranked 95.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1982, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Brandy ranks #895 for girls (5.5% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 0.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Brandy reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 14.9% percentile (ranked #562) with 63 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 63 births per million (ranked 14.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Brandy ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 5.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brandy".
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