Brandi
Brandi was the 4785th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 1981, when it ranked 50th with 5,527 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,899 places. More babies were named Brandi in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Brandy) brandy (liquor) · English, Dutch
- Rank in 2025
- #4,785 girls, down 1,850 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 28girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19815,527 babies
- Total since 1880
- 102,295babies recorded
What does the name Brandi mean?
Brandi is a spelling of Brandy, pronounced the same way, so it shares Brandy's meaning and origin.
Brandy as a girls' name comes from the word for the spirit distilled from wine, as Wiktionary notes, mostly in American usage of the 1970s and 1980s. The word is short for brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn 'burnt (distilled) wine'. It may also have been heard as a blend of Brenda and Candy. The hit song 'Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)' (1972) coincided with its peak.
brandewijn (Dutch, “burnt (distilled) wine”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Brandi, Brandie, Candy.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Brandy', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'brandy' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Brandi popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 389 since 1972.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,785 | 28 |
| 2020 | #2,935 | 55 |
| 2010 | #1,451 | 156 |
| 2000 | #388 | 744 |
| 1990 | #103 | 3,338 |
| 1980 | #63 | 4,703 |
| 1970 | #365 | 676 |
| 1960 | #2,251 | 27 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Brandi, counting every spelling?
Brandi is a spelling of Brandy, a name family that had 81 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 81 girls in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Brandi?
28 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brandi (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Brandi born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 298 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brandi.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brandi?
About 98,100 people born in the US named Brandi are alive today, with a median age of 42; half are between 35 and 47. That makes Brandi mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Brandi by state
How common Brandi was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Brandi: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brandi, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Brandi
What does Brandi mean?
Brandi is a spelling of Brandy, which means “brandy (liquor)” (English, Dutch origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Brandi?
Brandi was the 4785th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 1981, when it ranked 50th with 5,527 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,899 places. More babies were named Brandi in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Brandi a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Brandi in the US.
Where is Brandi most popular?
In 2021–2025, Brandi was most common in Maryland (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Missouri and Michigan.