How Many People Are Named Brigham?
people named Brigham are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 104,266 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,371 babies named Brigham in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
137 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally derived from place names meaning "bridge settlement" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Brigham in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brigham alive today is about 19 years old, and 81% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brigham first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 2011, to 137 babies. In 2025, 83 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Brigham has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,257, in 2011. In 2025 it ranked #1,888.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,888 |
| Best rank | #1,257 (2011) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,466 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brigham alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brigham were born in Utah than in any other state: about 813 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brigham was given 42.3 times as often in Utah, 18.8 times in Idaho and 6.4 times in Arizona.
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