Brandi

#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #10,662
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1981 · 5,527 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
15 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
101,906
since 1949

Brandi over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #50, 1981girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,75828
2024#4,29433
2023#3,47645
2022#2,95656
2021#2,67464
2020#2,93155
2019#2,75261
2018#2,86958
2017#2,33878
2016#2,30882
2015#1,883108
2014#2,25683
2013#1,539142
2012#1,432159
2011#1,335174
2010#1,450156
2009#1,234201
2008#1,043251
2007#979274
2006#973269#10,6626
2005#780333
2004#666411
2003#606449
2002#525523
2001#458604
2000#388744
1999#3021,023
1998#2571,202#8,4796
1997#1991,484#9,2655
1996#1611,952#7,9716
1995#1242,571#6,9927
1994#1222,635
1993#1242,692#8,7005
1992#1102,968#5,6609
1991#1103,090#5,5219
1990#1033,338#8,1175
1989#983,250#2,98920
1988#913,169#3,91512
1987#883,244#3,33914
1986#793,432#2,68419
1985#694,045#2,59819
1984#614,848#1,97927
1983#565,203#2,40820
1982#555,469#2,42620
1981#505,527#2,13824
1980#634,703#2,11025
1979#614,609#1,94327
1978#614,500#2,06823
1977#713,885#2,00824
1976#793,537#2,60116
1975#883,369#3,6599
1974#1062,809#3,12011
1973#1092,843#2,51315
1972#1412,055#4,4416
1971#330795
1970#365676
1969#464436
1968#500378
1967#738175
1966#849138
1965#1,009107
1964#1,24678
1963#1,26276
1962#2,11331
1961#2,83919
1960#2,24627
1959#4,03110
1958#5,4086
1957#4,5368
1956#2,45321
1955#5,2086
1954#3,15713
1953#4,2268
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First appearance
1949

The first year at least five girls were named Brandi! It came in at #5,244, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1949–1952, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 464 spots since 2024 (#4,294#4,758)
  • 1,827 spots since 2020 (#2,931#4,758)
  • 2,875 spots since 2015 (#1,883#4,758)
  • Biggest jump: 238 spots in 1968 (#738#500)
  • Biggest drop: 193 spots in 2006 (#780#973)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1949
  • Peaked 1981 at #50 (5,527 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1975–1989
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1966–2007
Share of babies · girls
1 in 302
  • Highest: 1 in 302 girls born in 1981 were named Brandi (0.33%)
  • Latest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 42.1% of all girls named Brandi (42,890) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#5,244 (1949)#5,244
1950s72#2,453 (1956)#4,146
1960s1,465#464 (1969)#1,327
1970s29,078#61 (1979)#141
1980s42,890#50 (1981)#71
1990s22,955#103 (1990)#161
2000s4,059#388 (2000)#765
2010s1,101#1,335 (2011)#2,016
2020s281#2,674 (2021)#3,515

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Brandi in 1987

girls
#88
3,244 births · 1 in 536 girls
boys
#3,339
14 births · 1 in 133,356 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #88Brandi3,244

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #3,339Brandi14
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 536 of them was named Brandi, which outranked 99.3% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brandi
  1. #85Diana3,354
  2. #86Julia3,331
  3. #87Bethany3,294
  4. #88Brandi3,244
  5. #89Leslie3,194
  6. #90Margaret3,146
  7. #91Mallory3,138
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 133,356 of them was named Brandi, which outranked 59.0% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brandi
  1. #3,201York15
  2. #3,201Zaccheus15
  3. #3,201Zephaniah15
  4. #3,339Brandi14
  5. #3,339Aaren14
  6. #3,339Adolphus14
  7. #3,339Adrienne14
  8. #3,521Abdulaziz13
  9. #3,521Abdulla13
  10. #3,521Abigail13

Tied with 181 names at #3,339; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987