Broghan — boys' name
104 babies named Broghan in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Broghan was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Broghan in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Broghan
The Social Security Administration has registered 104 babies named Broghan between 2000 and 2020, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Broghan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Broghan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 21 additional births since 1990.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Broghan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Broghan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Broghan 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 104 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.
Broghan at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Broghan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2000
- Peak year (2011)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
104 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 16 births in a single year.
Broghan popularity over time — girls
21 total births recorded since 1990 (Broghan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Broghan accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Broghan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 50 births that decade — 48% of Broghan's all-time total
Broghan decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Broghan's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.