Brody

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Brody: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Brody: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #73 in 2020, and it stood at #147 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
92times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#73highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1998	#3142
2002	#2301
2003	#4373
2004	#1383
2005	#2084
2006	#2509
2007	#1741
2008	#3005
2009	#3031
2010	#2589
2012	#4171
2013	#4050
2014	#4684
2015	#4103
2016	#5785
2017	#4763
2018	#4684
2019	#4686
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2022	#4645

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #99 among boys in England and Wales, #113 among boys in Scotland, #116 among boys in Northern Ireland, #129 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #73 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2004–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #147 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Brody appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 7,230 births with the name.

Brody across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Brody's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1104 (1996)	#82 (2023)	#99 (2024)	29 of 29	7,230 (1996–2024)	670 (2022)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#1383 (2004)	#4645 (2022)	22 of 27	134 (1996–2022)	16 (2004)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#305 (2004)	#73 (2020)	#116 (2024)	20 of 21	416 (2004–2024)	40 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#435 (2007)	#85 (2021)	#147 (2025)	19 of 19	870 (2007–2025)	75 (2021)

Brody by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Brody in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	77	4 of 10	19
2000s	658	10 of 10	66
2010s	3,565	10 of 10	357
2020sbusiest	2,930	5 of 10	586

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 586 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2020 and 2021, when recorded births rose by 213, from 432 to 645.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Brody appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #73 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Brody's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#99	553	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#82	630	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#84	670	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#90	645	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#126	432	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#118	488	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#116	514	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#151	380	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#153	384	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#148	381	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#149	373	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#170	331	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#203	273	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#215	228	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#226	213	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#280	153	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#364	103	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#458	74	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#436	75	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#445	63	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#417	66	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#558	41	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#481	45	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#707	25	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#869	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#850	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#589	29	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1104	12	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#116	19	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#126	19	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#107	24	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#84	35	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#73	40	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#112	23	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#78	39	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#95	30	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#98	32	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#117	26	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#118	25	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#126	22	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#133	21	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#168	15	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#148	18	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#209	9	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	36	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	42	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	50	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	64	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#85	75	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	51	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	63	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#109	61	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#111	58	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#111	62	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	41	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#121	58	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	59	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	33	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#165	41	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#220	25	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	30	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#287	15	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#113	47	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #73, first reached in 2020.

It held a top-100 place in 8 years, 5 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 670 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Brogan · #188, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Makayla · #73, 30y
Ophelia · #73, 30y
Candice · #72, 35y
Darcey · #72, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Makayla · #73, 30y
Musa · #73, 30y
Ophelia · #73, 30y
Bethan · #72, 30y

Brody was ranked #73 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Brody and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Brody without appearing here.

Brody moved ahead of

Gail Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3142 and #3142 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2301 and #4137.
Vicki Compare
In 2003 they stood at #4373 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1383 and #3197.
Cillian Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1104 and #1104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #589 and #2337.
Lynette Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2509 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3031 and #4564.

Moved ahead of Brody

Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2120.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3031 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4171 and #1893.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2706.

Moved the opposite way to Brody

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brody went from #1104 to #99 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brody went from #1104 to #99 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brody went from #1104 to #99 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brody went from #1104 to #99 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Brody

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brody went from #1104 to #99 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brody went from #1104 to #99 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brody went from #1104 to #99 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brody went from #1104 to #99 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #73 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Brody

Brody at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Brody across 4 official records

Brody by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Brody across 4 official records

Brody by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Brody moved ahead of

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