Girls' name · peaked in 1978
Brandy name popularity since 1925
108,861 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Brandy (97.9% girls, 2.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1981 or earlier, so the typical Brandy is about 45 years old in 2026. Brandy peaked in 1978 as the #37 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 108,861
- Named Brandy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,072 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 97.9% girls
- 106,559 girls · 2,302 boys
- Most popular in
- Louisiana
- 2.15× its national share
Peak year is the year Brandy 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.
Brandy births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1981. Measured as a share of all babies, Brandy peaked in 1978.
- Fastest rise: Between 1967 and 1972, Brandy became 15× more common, from 1 in 10,700 baby girls to 1 in 731.
- Steepest fall: Between 1998 and 2003, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 1,670 to 1 in 4,020.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Brandy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Brandy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Brandy 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 | 64 | 0 | #4,072 |
| 1950s | 202 | 44 | #2,067 |
| 1960s | 1,242 | 169 | #1,110 |
| 1970s | 40,070 | 783 | #57 |
| 1980s | 44,527 | 575 | #70 |
| 1990s | 14,909 | 291 | #195 |
| 2000s | 4,254 | 250 | #723 |
| 2010s | 998 | 148 | #2,687 |
| 2020–25 | 293 | 42 | #3,072 |
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
46.6% of babies named Brandy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Brandy is most popular
The index compares Brandy'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 Brandy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 2.15× | 4,092 |
| Arkansas | 1.98× | 2,160 |
| Tennessee | 1.86× | 4,163 |
| Oklahoma | 1.85× | 2,557 |
| Alabama | 1.76× | 3,303 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Brandy 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brandy (this page) | 106,559 | 1978 |
| Brandi | 101,906 | 1981 |
| 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 Brandy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Brandy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Brandy (1978).
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