first name
BRIGHTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,850 people named Brighton, 78.7% reported their origin as White, 6.9% as two or more races and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 60.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Brighton peaked in 2015, when 255 babies got the name.
At least 5,161 babies have been given the name since 1983. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Brighton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,990. The largest share of babies named Brighton, 55.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Brighton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brighton has been most common in Utah (29×), Texas (2.6×), and Arizona (2.5×), and least common in New York (0.23×).
2,197 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Exactly as common as Brighton
2 other first names also have 3,850 people.
Either side of Brighton
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brighton, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Brighton ranks #20,326 of 156,621, with 1,322 people. See Brighton as a last name
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