Brody

Where Brody comes from

The dictionaries list Brody as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1954
    First appearance
    #2,942 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1970
    Brody Stevens born
    American comedian
  3. 1983
    Brody Jenner born
    American reality television personality and model
  4. 2008
    Peak, #70
    6,299 babies named Brody — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #135.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Brody Jenner · American reality television personality and model, born 1983
  • Brody Stevens · American comedian, 1970–2019
  • Brody Malone · American gymnast, born 2000
  • Brody Hutzler · American actor, born 1971
  • Brody Sutter · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.