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Brodrick

Masculine · “son of Rhydderch”

1956high 1989
#5861 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare15 boys in 2025

Brodrick is Broderick with a letter trimmed, and Broderick is a Welsh patronymic that English compressed almost past recognition. Ap Rhydderch, the son of Rhydderch, became Prodrick and then Broderick — the same process that turned ap Hywel into Powell. Its American peak is 1980.

How old is the name Brodrick?

Brodrick first appears in US birth records in 1956 — 69 years ago. The typical Brodrick alive today was born around 1993, making them about 32 years old. About 1,700 people named Brodrick are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Brodrick most popular?

Brodrick peaked in 1980, reaching #1357 nationally. Today it ranks #5861, 4,504 places below that high. See the whole 1980 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Brodrick

Welsh surnames were fixed late and mostly by English administration, and the fusion of ap with the following name produced a distinctive set: Powell from ap Hywel, Price from ap Rhys, Pritchard from ap Richard, Bowen from ab Owain, Broderick from ap Rhydderch. Each looks like an ordinary English surname and none is. Broderick crossed to America with Welsh and Irish migration. Its use as a given name is twentieth-century; the actor Broderick Crawford, who won an Academy Award in 1950, kept it visible, and the American record for the trimmed Brodrick spelling peaks in 1980.

Meaningscholars disagree

son of Rhydderch — 'reddish-brown' or 'exalted'

Welsh ap means 'son of', and it fuses with the following consonant: ap Rhydderch gives Prydderch and then Broderick. Rhydderch itself is generally read as containing rhudd, 'red, reddish-brown', though a reading as 'exalted' is also proposed. Rhydderch Hael was a sixth-century king of Strathclyde. A separate Norse route exists too: Old Norse Brodir, 'brother', gives an Irish and Manx surname that also anglicizes as Broderick.

How the name formed

  1. Rhydderch
  2. ap Rhydderch
  3. Broderick
  4. Brodrick

Related forms: Rhydderch · Broderick · O Bruadair

Pronouncing Brodrick

BROD-rik

Two syllables in this spelling, stress on the first — which is how most Americans say Broderick anyway, since the middle vowel is routinely dropped. The trimmed spelling writes what the mouth already does.

Nicknames for Brodrick

High

BrodyThe most-used short form, and a popular name in its own right
RickTakes the back of the name, and is a complete name of its own
BrodA single-syllable clip
BroA modern clip that collides with the ordinary slang word
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1956–202556280561519562025

US babies named Brodrick per year from 1956 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#13571950s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1956
Most boys named
198956 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1357reached in 1980
Change vs 2023
+15.4%15 in 2025, from 13
Brodrick sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1989, with 56 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Brodrick in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Rhydderch in Welsh — related form
  • Broderick in English — spelling variant
  • O Bruadair in Irish — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.

Brodricks among us

1,700

people named Brodrick are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 113,872 born in 2025 was named Brodrick

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

The Bobie test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Brodrick's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Bobie climbed just as high around 1936, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Bobie's path sketches the road Brodrick is walking now.

40%chance Brodrick will feel dated by 2040
Brodrick, aligned on its peakBobie· peak 1936not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+40 yrsBobie · #4041Brodrick today
Brodrick today is about where Bobie stood in 1981 — 45 years past a #1356-sized peak. Within 15 years, Bobie had drifted out of the mainstream charts.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Brodrick sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Brodrick beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Brodrick in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Brodrickthis name15#5861Eber15#5861Wilton15#5861Ruby15#5861Stacy15#5861

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Brody and Rick are both current short forms with independent lives.
  • The Welsh compression behind it is genuinely interesting and easy to explain.
  • The spelling matches the way the name is actually said.
What to consider
  • Broderick is the more common spelling and hers will be written that way.
  • The Welsh and Norse derivations are both live, so the meaning needs a qualifier.
  • Its American curve is around 1980, which places a bearer's generation.

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Frequently asked

How many Brodricks are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Brodrick are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Brodrick in 2025?
Brodrick ranks #5861 among US boy names in 2025, with 15 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Brodrick?
About 1 in every 113,872 US boys born in 2025 was named Brodrick — 15 in all.
Will my child share the name Brodrick with classmates?
Brodrick will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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