Spellings

Brody or Brodie?

In the US in 2025, 88% of babies in this name family were spelled Brody and 12% Brodie. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Brody already led in 2015, with 92% of the family's births; it has 88% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 4,073 to 1,705 births (−58%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Brody3,7471,492−60%
Brodie326213−35%

How they sound

All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈbroʊdi/ (BROH-dee). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.

In France

None of these spellings is given in France often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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