Broc
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BROK
- Origin
- English
Broc is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “badger”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Broc mean?
English: variant of Brock, from Old English
“badger”
A spelling of Brock, from Old English brocc 'badger', a word still used for the animal in British dialects.
Is Broc a girl's or a boy's name?
Broc is a boys' name.
How popular is Broc in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 105 boys. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the boys named Broc in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Broc in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,103 |
| 2007 | 77 | #1,861 |
| 2006 | 85 | #1,669 |
| 2005 | 72 | #1,798 |
| 2004 | 105 | #1,372 |
| 2003 | 81 | #1,558 |
| 2002 | 81 | #1,526 |
| 2001 | 73 | #1,613 |
| 2000 | 76 | #1,560 |
| 1999 | 76 | #1,486 |
| 1998 | 55 | #1,808 |
| 1997 | 62 | #1,625 |
| 1996 | 47 | #1,904 |
| 1995 | 52 | #1,701 |
| 1994 | 62 | #1,511 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,549 |
| 1992 | 61 | #1,485 |
| 1991 | 65 | #1,405 |
| 1990 | 100 | #1,054 |
| 1989 | 95 | #1,070 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,201 |
| 1987 | 67 | #1,174 |
| 1986 | 76 | #1,066 |
| 1985 | 77 | #1,049 |
| 1984 | 66 | #1,109 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 31 | #1,814 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
Names like Broc
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Brody Keegan Brennan Brandon Braden Bridger Ridge Cannon Finn Deacon Rowdy
Names related to Broc
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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, “Broc: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/broc, updated 20 October 2026.