How popular is the name Brandy?

Brandy ranks 217th among girls' names in US records, with 211,165 births since 1942. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,208.

Is Brandy a unisex name?

No. Brandy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1981, when 12,424 children were given the name. It has been in use for 83 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Brandi. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#217 of girl names

Pronounced B R AE1 N D IY0 (ARPABET)

Brandy is a girls' name, and first appears in 1942. It has been given to 211,165 children — the 217th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 72% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1981, when 12,424 children were given it.

Brandi is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1981Girls: 12,424Boys: 89

These spellings sound identical to Brandy and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Brandy?: Brandy ranks 217th among girls' names in US records, with 211,165 births since 1942. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,208.
Is Brandy a unisex name?: No. Brandy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Brandy most popular?: 1981, when 12,424 children were given the name. It has been in use for 83 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Brandy spelled?: Brandi. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.