Brodey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BROH-dee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Brodey is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Brodey mean?
Scottish: spelling of Brody, from the Scottish surname Brodie
Brodie began as a Scottish surname taken from lands near Forres in Moray, home of Clan Brodie.
Is Brodey a girl's or a boy's name?
Brodey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brodey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Brodey, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 14 boys.
2025 had more boys named Brodey than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Brodey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,125 boys in the UK were given Brodey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #52, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Brodey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
How popular is Brodey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Brodey, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 113 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had fewer boys named Brodey than any year since 1991.
Half of all the boys named Brodey in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,739 boys in the US were given Brodey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #229, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Brodey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 73 | #1,941 |
| 2011 | 69 | #1,987 |
| 2010 | 73 | #1,923 |
| 2009 | 78 | #1,860 |
| 2008 | 113 | #1,452 |
| 2007 | 82 | #1,781 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,204 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,031 |
| 2004 | 64 | #1,907 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
Names like Brodey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Kayden, Aiden, Brayden, Finley, Ronan, Kody, Kian, Brogan, Caelan, Keegan, Conan
Other spellings of Brodey
Names related to Brodey
More Scottish names
Isla, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Carson, Maxwell, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Lochlan, Reid
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Brodey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brodey, updated 20 October 2026.