Girls' name · peaked in 1981
Brandi name popularity since 1925
102,295 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Brandi. Half of them were born in 1983 or earlier, so the typical Brandi is about 43 years old in 2026. Brandi peaked in 1981 as the #50 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 102,295
- Named Brandi, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,785 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 101,906 girls · 389 boys
- Most popular in
- Louisiana
- 2.24× its national share
Peak year is the year Brandi made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Brandi births per year, 1925–2025
1981 was the biggest year for Brandi both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1967 and 1972, Brandi became 13× more common, from 1 in 9,430 baby girls to 1 in 740.
- Steepest fall: Between 1995 and 2000, its share of baby girls fell by 72%, from 1 in 684 to 1 in 2,440.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Brandi's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Brandi.
Decade by decade
Babies named Brandi in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 72 | 0 | #5,279 |
| 1960s | 1,465 | 0 | #1,009 |
| 1970s | 29,078 | 131 | #88 |
| 1980s | 42,890 | 200 | #69 |
| 1990s | 22,955 | 52 | #124 |
| 2000s | 4,059 | 6 | #780 |
| 2010s | 1,101 | 0 | #1,886 |
| 2020–25 | 281 | 0 | #4,785 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
56.4% of babies named Brandi from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Brandi is most popular
The index compares Brandi's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Brandi.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 2.24× | 4,070 |
| Oklahoma | 1.99× | 2,628 |
| Alabama | 1.67× | 2,988 |
| Arkansas | 1.66× | 1,727 |
| Idaho | 1.66× | 670 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Brandi and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Brandi (this page) | 101,906 | 1981 |
| Brandy | 106,559 | 1978 |
| Brandie | 15,839 | 1978 |
| Brandee | 5,486 | 1975 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Brandi's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Brandi.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Brandi (1981).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data