How Many People Are Named Brogan?
people named Brogan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 68,880 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,031 babies named Brogan in Social Security records from 1983 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
313 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Gaelic bróg "shoe" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of several Irish saints, including Saint Patrick's scribe.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Brogan, 17.3% were girls and 82.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Brogan fell from 46.3% in the 1980s to 17.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brogan alive today is about 18 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brogan first appears in the records in 1983 and was given most often in 2011, to 313 babies. In 2025, 39 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1983 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Brogan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #780, in 2011. In 2025 it ranked #3,387. Among girls, its best rank was #2,571, in 1990.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,387 | #15,339 |
| Best rank | #780 (2011) | #2,571 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,099 in the 2010s | #3,327 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brogan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brogan were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 224 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brogan was given 6.2 times as often in Kansas, 5.1 times in Oregon and 4.9 times in Nebraska.
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