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Brandy

girl name
Origin
English
Syllables
2
Peak era
1970s/1990s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

from the drink name; also linked to Germanic brand, sword

Brandy in song

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
Looking Glass (1972)
The barmaid in a harbor town who falls for a sailor already married to the sea, sung with more sympathy than most one-hit wonders manage.

How popular is Brandy around the world?

In the United States, 335 babies were named Brandy between 2020 and 2025.

Brandy is on the official records of the United States, Chile and Brazil.

United States

1 in 65,000

In the United States, 335 babies were named Brandy between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1970s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Brandy peaked in the 1970s and the 1990s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Chile

1 in 180,000

In Chile, 1 girl was registered as Brandy in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Argentina

last on record 2022

Brandy is not on the 2024 record for Argentina, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Brazil

At the 2022 census, 35 people in Brazil were named Brandy, ranked 85,084th, with a median age of 22.

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Canada

last on record 2020

Brandy is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.

peak 19932024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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England and Wales

last on record 2009

Brandy is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.

peak 19992025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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France

last on record 2020

Brandy is not on the 2025 record for France, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.

1990peak 19992025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Mexico City City

last on record 2020

Brandy is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.

peak 20042022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Montevideo City

last on record 2007

Brandy is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2011

Brandy is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 99 babies have carried the name there since 1998.

1998peak 20052025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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South Australia

last on record 2012

Brandy is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in Spain, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Brandy

Most people given the name Brandy in the United States were born between 1970 and 1989. The Brandy you meet today is most often in her 30s or 40s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Brandy

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