Brandi
Brandi is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 33 births. Its best rank was 50th, in 1981.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 330.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19815,527 births
- Best rank
- #50in 1981
- Since 1949
- 101,878people given the name
The story in the numbers
101,878 girls have been named Brandi in the United States since 1949, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 5,527 births — 0.33% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 33 births in 2024, against 5,527 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1980s alone account for 42%. It has spent 42 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 15 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Brandi | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 72 | |
| 1960s | 1,465 | |
| 1970s | 29,077 | |
| 1980s | 42,890 | |
| 1990s | 22,956 | |
| 2000s | 4,059 | |
| 2010s | 1,101 | |
| 2020s | 253 |
In 1981, its biggest year
Brandi was the 50th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1981 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1981.
Names that rose and fell with Brandi
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lateshapeak 1980
- Tinishapeak 1980
- Telishapeak 1980
- Lashondrapeak 1980
- Brandiepeak 1982
- Shastapeak 1979
- Teneshapeak 1984
- Shavondapeak 1978
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.