Brighten**
#10,321 most common boys' name of all time · #26,127 across all names · 63% male / 37% female · used 2000–2024 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#10,321
Rank overall
#26,127 of 105,966
First appeared
2000
Years on the list
22 of 146
All-time
263
Since 2016
113
Peak year
2010 #5,989
Best rank
#5,989 2010
Girls
Boys
peak 22/yr
Brighten first appears in 2000. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #10,425 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,298 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #9,473 |
| 2021 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,420 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #13,009 |
| 2019 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,616 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #7,462 |
| 2017 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #9,370 |
| 2016 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,981 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #6,590 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #6,937 |
| 2013 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #9,367 |
| 2012 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #13,294 |
| 2010 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #5,989 |
| 2009 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #9,600 |
| 2008 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #11,977 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #13,583 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,276 |
| 2005 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,616 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,422 |
| 2000 | 7 | — | 7 | — |