How Many People Are Named Brighten?
people named Brighten are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,309,520 people in the US has this name
Based on 263 babies named Brighten in Social Security records from 2000 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
22 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Brighten, 37.3% were girls and 62.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brighten alive today is about 11 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brighten first appears in the records in 2000 and was given most often in 2010, to 22 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 2000 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Brighten has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #5,772, in 2010. Among girls, its best rank was #9,432, in 2017.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #5,772 (2010) | #9,432 (2017) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #8,079 in the 2010s | #15,215 in the 2010s |
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