Unisex name · since 1917
Bright
Bright has 406 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,935 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,888 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 406
- born since 1917
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bright currently ranks #4888 among unisex names in America, with 406 babies recorded since 1917.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bright has been recorded 406 times among boys since 1917, currently ranked #4888 nationally and more common than 65% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #8,935 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,888 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 406 born since 1917
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bright ranks #8,935 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,888 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 406 born since 1917, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,935 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,888 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 406
- born since 1917
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bright's 406 recorded births place it above 80.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bright compares
406 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bright's all-time total is 10% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bright | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 406 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bright's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bright's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 73% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 27%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bright popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Bright popularity over time - girls
43 total births recorded since 2011 (Bright as girls' name)
Bright by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (156 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Bright's strongest decade.
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Bright births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 13
1920s
13 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 31
1990s
31 births
- 2000s 59
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
156 births
- 2020s
2020s
131 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 156 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Bright's data
- Bright's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (156 total births) through the 2020s (131) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bright: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~108 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bright draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.