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In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 2017 Boys 2012 per million babies of that sex 4,229 babies given this name since 1983 At its height in 2018, about 1 in 15,300 boys 224 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Brittany Girl From the English name of the French region Bretagne, which was named after the Britons who settled there in the… Modern · peak 1989 Bradley Boy From an English place name and surname, Old English brad 'broad' + leah 'wood, clearing'. Modern · peak 1980 Brett Boy From a surname derived from Old French bret 'a Breton', someone from Brittany. Modern · peak 1986 Brayden Boy A modern American respelling of the surname Braden (from Irish Ó Bradáin, from bradán 'salmon', or English place… Modern · peak 2010 Brady Boy From the Irish surname Mac Brádaigh 'son of Brádach', a personal name of uncertain meaning, sometimes linked to… Modern · peak 2007 Brad Boy A short form of Bradley or Bradford, from Old English brad 'broad'. Modern · peak 1975 · forgotten Brody Boy From a Scottish surname taken from Brodie in Moray, a place name of uncertain origin; an Irish surname Ó Bruaideadha… Modern · peak 2008 Barrett Boy From an English surname, possibly from Middle English barat 'trouble, strife'. Modern · peak 2020 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.