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Brodie

Gender
Boy
Say it
BROH-dee
Origin
Scottish
UK rank, 2025
#106 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,038 for boys

Big in Scotland

Brodie is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 106th for boys in the UK (548 babies) and 1,038th for boys in the US (213 babies).

What does Brodie mean?

Scottish: surname and place name

From the Scottish surname of Clan Brodie, whose seat is Brodie Castle near Forres.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Brodie a girl's or a boy's name?

Brodie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 548 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 213 boys in the US.

How popular is Brodie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#106among boys
Babies in 2025
548about 1 in 550 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 21% in five years
Same name in a class
2.5%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 548 boys in the UK were named Brodie, making it the 106th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 130th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 662 boys. 7 girls were also named Brodie in 2025 (3,409th for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Brodie than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Brodie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,125 boys in the UK were given Brodie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #52, up from #106 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 40% of the babies named Brodie in the UK in 1996, and 1% in 2025.

Among boys in 2025, it was 158th in England and Wales, 15th in Scotland and 103rd in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 662 in 20222025
Brodie in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025548#106
2024607#100
2023629#91
2022662#95
2021655#102
2020492#130
2019495#129
2018488#133
2017421#159
2016405#168
2015377#176
2014349#188
2013327#199
2012303#207
2011264#221
2010237#234
2009223#230
2008185#264
2007146#299
2006166#251
2005177#228
2004162#241
2003117#292
200298#316
200177#372
200071#377
199992#327
199870#380
199768#384
199676#342

How popular is Brodie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,038among boys
Babies in 2025
213about 1 in 8,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 1% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 213 boys in the US were named Brodie, making it the 1,038th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 869th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 693 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912. 6 girls were also named Brodie in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Brodie than any year since 2001.

Half of all the boys named Brodie in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,739 boys in the US were given Brodie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #229, up from #1,038 for this spelling alone.

1912Busiest: 693 in 20082025
Brodie in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025213#1,038
2024236#961
2023289#843
2022266#888
2021299#811
2020259#869
2019254#868
2018230#924
2017267#832
2016305#779
2015326#742
2014371#682
2013336#705
2012387#628
2011476#537
2010500#516
2009554#492
2008693#421
2007602#459
2006614#444
2005407#573
2004347#617
2003288#677
2002254#703
2001167#925
2000160#947
1999116#1,128
1998129#1,041
1997124#1,025
1996118#1,035
1995102#1,129
1994109#1,066
1993111#1,043
199287#1,193
199160#1,461
199056#1,511
198954#1,511
198855#1,400
198762#1,232
198668#1,143
198564#1,169
198448#1,364
198339#1,533
198244#1,440
198147#1,373
198048#1,357
197952#1,270
197834#1,616
197739#1,476
197628#1,780
197528#1,752
197438#1,388
197338#1,354
197234#1,453
197125#1,783
197020#1,988
19699#3,061
19687#3,364
196710#2,610
19668#2,985
19650–
19645#4,038
19638#3,043
19620–
196112#2,408
19608#3,075
19590–
19587#3,273
19577#3,255
19565#3,940
19559#2,763
195411#2,448
19530–
19529#2,678
195110#2,493
19507#3,020
194910#2,452
194810#2,442
194711#2,355
19468#2,689
194511#2,130
19445#3,428
19439#2,562
19420–
19417#2,871
19407#2,871
19390–
19385#3,533
19379#2,479
19367#2,853
19358#2,719
19345#3,677
19338#2,737
19325#3,774
193112#2,207
19300–
192910#2,588
19289#2,842
192712#2,408
19260–
192513#2,312
192416#2,043
19230–
19229#3,013
19218#3,213
19209#2,966
191912#2,384
191811#2,542
19175#3,979
19166#3,515
191510#2,457
19140–
191310#1,802
19125#2,543

Names like Brodie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Logan Finn Rowan Cody Ronan Kayden Blake Grayson Dougie Cooper Aiden Caleb

Other spellings of Brodie

Brody Brodi Brodey Brodhi Brodee

Names related to Brodie

Bradie Brode

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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, “Brodie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brodie, updated 20 October 2026.