Broughton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Broughton

The Social Security Administration has registered 65 babies named Broughton between 1915 and 2017, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Broughton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Broughton performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Broughton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Broughton in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Broughton 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 65 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.