Broderick
Boy · BROD-er-ik · Welsh
Broderick is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “son of Rhydderch”. In 2025 it ranked 2,572nd for boys in the US (51 babies).
What does Broderick mean?
Welsh: from a surname, from ap Rhydderch
“son of Rhydderch”
From a surname meaning 'son of Rhydderch', an old Welsh name linked to 'reddish-brown'.
- Say it
- BROD-er-ik
More on Wiktionary.
Is Broderick a girl's or a boy's name?
Broderick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Broderick in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,572among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were named Broderick, making it the 2,572nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,609th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 253 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Broderick than any year since 1968.
Half of all the boys named Broderick in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Broderick in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #2,572 |
| 2024 | 59 | #2,370 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,187 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,135 |
| 2021 | 75 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 100 | #1,609 |
| 2019 | 103 | #1,606 |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,431 |
| 2017 | 147 | #1,245 |
| 2016 | 156 | #1,208 |
| 2015 | 158 | #1,174 |
| 2014 | 215 | #973 |
| 2013 | 196 | #999 |
| 2012 | 230 | #902 |
| 2011 | 203 | #972 |
| 2010 | 205 | #966 |
| 2009 | 253 | #849 |
| 2008 | 231 | #899 |
| 2007 | 229 | #881 |
| 2006 | 223 | #885 |
| 2005 | 196 | #908 |
| 2004 | 169 | #984 |
| 2003 | 175 | #935 |
| 2002 | 145 | #1,051 |
| 2001 | 139 | #1,048 |
| 2000 | 129 | #1,085 |
| 1999 | 144 | #983 |
| 1998 | 142 | #968 |
| 1997 | 148 | #916 |
| 1996 | 175 | #819 |
| 1995 | 185 | #786 |
| 1994 | 142 | #914 |
| 1993 | 143 | #891 |
| 1992 | 136 | #903 |
| 1991 | 141 | #885 |
| 1990 | 134 | #886 |
| 1989 | 137 | #857 |
| 1988 | 136 | #812 |
| 1987 | 132 | #809 |
| 1986 | 122 | #821 |
| 1985 | 121 | #805 |
| 1984 | 129 | #763 |
| 1983 | 113 | #821 |
| 1982 | 100 | #894 |
| 1981 | 113 | #826 |
| 1980 | 123 | #789 |
| 1979 | 134 | #747 |
| 1978 | 112 | #803 |
| 1977 | 129 | #751 |
| 1976 | 93 | #866 |
| 1975 | 92 | #867 |
| 1974 | 88 | #852 |
| 1973 | 74 | #936 |
| 1972 | 98 | #808 |
| 1971 | 96 | #822 |
| 1970 | 83 | #884 |
| 1969 | 82 | #846 |
| 1968 | 50 | #1,047 |
| 1967 | 56 | #968 |
| 1966 | 48 | #1,059 |
| 1965 | 56 | #986 |
| 1964 | 54 | #1,025 |
| 1963 | 55 | #1,019 |
| 1962 | 61 | #972 |
| 1961 | 67 | #932 |
| 1960 | 71 | #896 |
| 1959 | 100 | #760 |
| 1958 | 106 | #720 |
| 1957 | 99 | #756 |
| 1956 | 121 | #682 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,272 |
| 1954 | 24 | #1,558 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,407 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,488 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,312 |
Nicknames for Broderick
Names like Broderick
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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