Broly
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BROH-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
New arrival
Broly is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Broly mean?
Modern: from Broly, a character in the Dragon Ball anime films
Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama named his Saiyan characters after vegetables, and Broly comes from broccoli.
Is Broly a girl's or a boy's name?
Broly is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Broly in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 boys.
Broly in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
How popular is Broly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Broly, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,212th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 67 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Broly than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Broly in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Broly in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,103 |
| 2023 | 46 | #2,768 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,516 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,224 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,212 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,128 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Names like Broly
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Kayden Finn Ronan Renley Finley Lochlan Cassian Callan Kody Rowan Conan
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Broly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/broly, updated 20 October 2026.