Brazil
Brazil was the 4677th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 29 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 3894th with 38 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,865 places. More babies were named Brazil in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,677 girls, down 742 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 29girls
- Girls and boys
- 94% girls, 6% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202138 babies
- Total since 1880
- 722babies recorded
Brazil popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,677 | #12,315 | 29 | 5 |
| 2020 | #3,935 | #8,860 | 36 | 8 |
| 2010 | #6,422 | — | 20 | — |
| 2000 | #11,976 | — | 7 | — |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | #4,373 | — | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Brazil, counting every spelling?
Brazil is the most common spelling of a name family that had 29 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 29 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 29 | #4,677 | 161 |
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 Brazil?
29 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brazil (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Brazil 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 291 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brazil.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brazil?
About 600 people born in the US named Brazil are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 6 and 18. That makes Brazil a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Brazil by state
How common Brazil was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 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 Brazil: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brazil, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Brazil
How popular is the name Brazil?
Brazil was the 4677th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 29 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 3894th with 38 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,865 places. More babies were named Brazil in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Brazil a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 94% girls, 6% boys given the name Brazil in the US.
Where is Brazil most popular?
In 2021–2025, Brazil was most common in Michigan (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Illinois and Illinois.