Bright — #3988 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bright

The Social Security Administration has registered 386 babies named Bright between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bright currently holds the #3988 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Bright is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 36 additional births since 2011.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bright performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Bright shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bright in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 386 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.