Broady
Broady is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:Brandon Broady, American actor Earl Broady (1904–1992), American judge, attorney, police officer and pianist Eloise Broady DeJoria, American business owner, actress, producer, and philanthropist Liam Broady, British tennis player, brother of Naomi Naomi Broady, British tennis player, sister of Liam Oscar Broady (1832–1922),…
Meaning & Origin of Broady
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Broady is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:Brandon Broady, American actor Earl Broady (1904–1992), American judge, attorney, police officer and pianist Eloise Broady DeJoria, American business owner, actress, producer, and philanthropist Liam Broady, British tennis player, brother of Naomi Naomi Broady, British tennis player, sister of Liam Oscar Broady (1832–1922),…
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The Story of Broady
Broady first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1994, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2010: 9 births, good for #8,139 nationwide. About 45% of every Broady on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Broady last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 89 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Broady
Broady is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 89 births in the dataset. Broady's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #8,139. Use the chart and map above to compare Broady's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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