Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Brighton**

#1,704 most common boys' name of all time · #4,133 across all names · 58% male / 42% female · used 1983–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,704
Rank overall
#4,133 of 105,966
First appeared
1983
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
5,161
Since 2016
2,094
Peak year
2015 #1,215
Best rank
#1,166 2012
Girls Boys peak 255/yr
20002020

Brighton first appears in 1983. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 70 84 154 #1,880
2024 88 78 166 #1,989
2023 85 84 169 #1,888
2022 100 104 204 #1,661
2021 109 125 234 #1,450
2020 130 95 225 #1,677
2019 123 108 231 #1,557
2018 131 118 249 #1,471
2017 142 94 236 #1,688
2016 101 125 226 #1,409
2015 103 152 255 #1,215
2014 98 153 251 #1,204
2013 95 147 242 #1,224
2012 76 157 233 #1,166
2011 74 138 212 #1,256
2010 62 120 182 #1,395
2009 72 124 196 #1,380
2008 47 128 175 #1,347
2007 57 118 175 #1,397
2006 38 120 158 #1,358
2005 45 113 158 #1,340
2004 31 87 118 #1,540
2003 29 65 94 #1,842
2002 32 39 71 #2,543
2001 28 38 66 #2,551
2000 29 33 62 #2,788
1999 17 51 68 #1,926
1998 24 46 70 #2,064
1997 16 33 49 #2,497
1996 11 24 35 #3,098
1995 23 29 52 #2,613
1994 17 20 37 #3,453
1993 5 11 16 #5,279
1992 5 8 13 #6,511
1991 6 12 18 #4,720
1990 8 5 13 #8,977
1989 5 6 11 #7,661
1988 7 10 17 #4,750
1986 9 9
1984 5 5 #7,159
1983 6 6 #6,183