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Boy's name · #1872 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
51% boys · 49% girls — Brighton is split almost evenly between girls and boys among recent newborns. Brighton →
Brighton's best rank, #1163, came in 2012; it has settled back to #1872 today. Roughly 3,000 boys have been named Brighton since 1983.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#2,920 in Canada (2024).
Among 23 notable people named Brighton:
Sports figures appear 2.72× more often than among typical names — e.g. Brighton Labeau, French footballer (born 1996).
Similar names: Rylen · Brigham · Camdyn · Leyton · Klayton · Aston
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