Brandis
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #11,000 · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
Given to girls 89.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1981 · 112 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 730since 1971
Brandis over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
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| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
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| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,723 | 36 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #2,515 | 37 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,022 | 50 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,429 | 85 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,181 | 112 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #2,069 | 50 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
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| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
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| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Brandis! It came in at #5,543, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Brandis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1981 at #1,181 (112 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 14,893 girls born in 1981 were named Brandis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 194,972 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
- 66.0% of all girls named Brandis (482) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2004, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 80 | #3,512 (1978) | #5,488 |
| 1980s | 482 | #1,181 (1981) | #2,593 |
| 1990s | 108 | #6,253 (1991) | #8,328 |
| 2000s | 51 | #11,599 (2008) | #14,052 |
| 2010s | 9 | #11,000 (2013) | #11,000 |
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.
Brandis in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 14,893 of them was named Brandis, which outranked 90.3% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,172Scarlett113
- #1,172Sherika113
- #1,172Spring113
- #1,181Brandis112
- #1,181Andra112
- #1,181Carley112
- #1,181Christiana112
- #1,189Dalia111
- #1,189Jaqueline111
- #1,189Kevin111
Tied with 7 names at #1,181; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 298,530 of them was named Brandis, which outranked 25.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,961Zacarias7
- #4,961Zebediah7
- #4,961Zeno7
- #5,468Brandis6
- #5,468Aaren6
- #5,468Abby6
- #5,468Abdon6
- #6,262Aakash5
- #6,262Aarion5
- #6,262Abayomi5
Tied with 793 names at #5,468; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.