boys:
8.8k births since 1950
#1254 (73rd percentile)
overall:
8.8k births since 1950
#2873 (63rd percentile)
The name Broderick is the #2,873 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,840 recorded births since 1950. This represents the 62.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,254 (72.7% percentile) for all time with 8,840 births since 1950.
Broderick first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1950 (first recorded for boys in 1950).
For boys, Broderick reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 26.8% percentile (ranked #660) with 119 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 119 births per million (ranked 26.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Broderick ranks #851 for boys (6.6% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 29.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Broderick".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Broderick. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 58.3% confident that Broderick is pronounced as BRAH-der-ihk, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BRAH-drihk, at 18.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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