Brighten
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
2010
15 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
263
since 2000
Born a Brighten? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Brighten was most popular in 2010, when 15 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Brighten in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 34%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 6 | 13477 | 7 | 9894 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 7 | 9763 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15306 | 8 | 8990 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 11 | 7089 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13453 | 5 | 12022 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 9 | 8215 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10545 | 11 | 7136 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9341 | 8 | 8840 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 10 | 7605 |
| 2015 | 5 | 16419 | 13 | 6324 |
| 2014 | 5 | 16513 | 12 | 6632 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16547 | 8 | 8789 |
| 2012 | 6 | 14962 | 5 | 12274 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 7 | 13448 | 15 | 5741 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17294 | 8 | 8985 |
| 2008 | 7 | 13832 | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | 5 | 17636 | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | 9 | 10921 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 5 | 11356 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 7 | 8643 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 11801 | <5 | — |
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Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Recorded as girls 37% · boys 63% across all years