Brody
Top 1000
About Brody
The energetic Brody is a name that claims different meanings and origins depending on whether you're looking at its Irish, Scottish, or English history -- and Eastern Europeans claim a version too. An alternate spelling is Brodie.
Caitlyn Jenner named her son Brody before she fell under the sway of the Kardashian K-naming klan, and volleyball ace Gabrielle Reese used the name for her daughter. The Brody on TV's Homeland is known by his surname; his first name is Nicholas.
A recent study of names by political party affiliation found that nearly 80 percent of the voters named Brody are Republicans.
Pronounced BROE-dee.
As of October 2026, Brody ranked #236 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #70 in 2008, Nameberry popularity #302.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #93 | 4,327 | 2,252.6 |
| 2015 | #106 | 3,746 | 1,954.4 |
| 2016 | #135 | 3,062 | 1,613.5 |
| 2017 | #152 | 2,554 | 1,379.8 |
| 2018 | #157 | 2,482 | 1,366.6 |
| 2019 | #172 | 2,247 | 1,252.4 |
| 2020 | #178 | 2,147 | 1,243.9 |
| 2021 | #186 | 2,037 | 1,164.3 |
| 2022 | #207 | 1,790 | 1,025.2 |
| 2023 | #204 | 1,810 | 1,058.1 |
| 2024 | #224 | 1,608 | 933.3 |
| 2025 | #236 | 1,492 | 873.5 |
World rankings
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Brody on lists
Famous Brodys
- (Sam) Brody Jenner
American television personality ("The Hills," "Keeping Up with the Kardashians")
- Brody Stevens (born Steven James Brody)
American comedian
- (William) Brody Eldridge
American football player
- (Ian) Brody Hutzler
American actor
- Brody Smith
Canadian actor
- Adrien Brody
American actor
- Brody Dalle (born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson)
Australian,American female singer
- Brody Christopher Marleau (b. 2009)
son of ice hockey player Patrick Marleau
- Brody Morrow
son of ice hockey player Brenden Morrow; twin of sister Mallory Morrow
- Brody Hoffman
son of baseball player Trevor Hoffman
- Brody Boller (b. 2013)
son of former Miss USA Carrie Prejean and NFL player Kyle Boller
- Brody Ryan Tarrant (b. 2010)
son of reality TV personality Brooke Smitherman,Tarrant of "16 and Pregnant"
- Brody Jo Hamilton
DAUGHTER of athletes Laird Hamilton & Gabrielle Reece
Brody in pop culture
- Brody Lovett
character on American soap "One Life to Live"
- Brody Davis
character on TV's "Roswell"
- Brody Weston
character on TV's "Glee"
- Nicholas Brody (goes by Brody)
character on TV's "Homeland"
- Kyle Brody (goes by Brody)
character on TV's "Charmed"
- Jason Brody
main character in video game "Far Cry 3"
- Martin Brody
character in film "Jaws"
- Matt Brody (goes by Brody)
character in Baywatch movie