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Brazil

#4,676 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Brazil has been given to 722 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #4,676 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 38 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% girls, 10% boys all-time.

Babies named Brazil, 2025

1 in 114,000

Brazil over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Brazil over time

In 2025, Brazil went to 85% girls and 15% boys.

19202025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Brazil: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Brazil means

Brazil is a given name.

The naming story behind Brazil

Charlotte M. Yonge’s 1884 History of Christian Names includes the exact spelling Brazil in its glossary. The entry labels it masculine and points to printed page(s) 235.

The glossary’s abbreviated description reads: “Manx, Kelt. strong”. This is the historical author’s wording, including its language abbreviations and any proposed interpretation. It is presented as historical evidence, not as a verified modern translation. Victorian classifications and root explanations can differ from later linguistic research.

For Brazil, the current short meaning therefore remains unconfirmed. Establishing its modern etymology requires a current reference that documents the exact form and its relationship to the proposed earlier words.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 653 girls were recorded with the name Brazil between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 38 in 2021; its best national rank was #3,892 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,934 in 2020 to #4,676 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,538 in 2015 to #4,676 in 2025.

In the United States, 69 boys were recorded with the name Brazil between 1920 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2008; its best national rank was #4,371 in 1920.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,855 in 2020 to #12,311 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,860 in 2015 to #12,311 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Brazil?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 114,000
29 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 55,400
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,676
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
79,239 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Brazil sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 79,239 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brazil. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brazils were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Brazil was born before 2014 — so the typical Brazil is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
653
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Choose a decade

2010s — 39.1% of all recorded uses (255).

Is Brazil rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+796
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−742
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,862
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.23×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
76.3%
Peak was 2021 (38)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,892
2021

Spellings of Brazil

Brazil is the most-used spelling, taking 34.8% of the 1,878 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Brazil is used

Across 1910–2025, Brazil was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,118,947 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Brazil has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Brazil by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,676
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 742
Best rank ever
#3,892
2021
Peak year
2021
38 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
653
Count in 2025
29

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,311
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,456
Best rank ever
#4,371
1920
Peak year
2008
9 that year
First recorded
1920
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
69
Count in 2025
5

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Sibling names for Brazil

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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