Brazil
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bruh-ZIL
- Origin
- Portuguese
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Brazil is a girls' name of Portuguese origin, meaning “ember-red wood”. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Brazil mean?
Portuguese: the country, named after brazilwood, from brasa 'ember'
“ember-red wood”
The country took its name from brazilwood, a tree prized for its red dye.
Is Brazil a girl's or a boy's name?
Brazil is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Brazil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,660th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Brazil, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989. 5 boys were also named Brazil in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Brazil in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85% of the babies named Brazil in the US were girls.
Brazil in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,881 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
Names like Brazil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Salem, Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Hadassah, Zaniyah, Zayla, Kaliyah, Zaya, Azul, Selah, Zaira
More Portuguese names
Zaire, Lua, Vasco, Romario, Sereia, Luar, Diogo, Evora, Aires, Mariaalice, Marques, Tavares, Anajulia, Tavaris, Joia, Marialuiza
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Brazil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brazil, updated 20 October 2026.