Masculine dossier · first seen 1983

Brighton

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Brighton
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2012

Peak rank proxy

157

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1983Peak 20122024

Peak year

2012

Decline from peak

50.3%

2024

All-time

2,929

Brighton has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2012, when 157 boys were named Brighton.

In 2024, only 78 boys were given the name.

Down 50.3% from its peak.

All told, about 2,929 Americans have been named Brighton and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1983.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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