NameTides

Brogan

Brogan was the #3,379 boys' name in the US in 2025 (34 babies), and #1,897 in England & Wales.

Brogan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Brogan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020IrelandEngland & WalesUS
Brogan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#3,379 (34)#1,897 (13)——#676 (4)—
2024#3,693 (30)#2,672 (8)—#256 (7)#394 (9)—
2023#2,387 (57)#1,701 (14)#728 (3)#312 (5)#472 (7)—
2022#2,675 (49)#1,534 (16)#703 (3)#264 (7)#657 (4)#2,493 (6)
2021#2,225 (63)#1,595 (15)—#211 (10)#390 (9)#2,812 (5)
2020#2,366 (56)#1,192 (22)—#334 (4)#280 (16)—
2019#1,823 (83)#825 (37)—#312 (5)#370 (10)#1,835 (9)
2018#1,617 (101)#741 (45)#595 (4)#204 (10)#401 (9)—
2017#1,449 (118)#673 (52)#532 (5)#250 (7)#257 (19)#1,852 (9)
2016#1,313 (137)#608 (59)#442 (7)#253 (7)#448 (7)#1,988 (8)
2015#1,185 (156)#623 (58)—#259 (7)#329 (13)#1,816 (9)
2014#1,014 (201)#632 (54)#587 (4)#315 (5)#364 (11)#1,936 (8)
2013#1,030 (188)#666 (50)#590 (4)#188 (12)#383 (10)#1,380 (13)
2012#933 (218)#654 (52)#361 (9)#247 (7)#336 (12)#928 (23)
2011#780 (288)#626 (54)#386 (8)#261 (6)#455 (7)#1,003 (21)

Brogan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Brogan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Brogan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#14,942 (5)#4,867 (4)————
2024#11,122 (8)#4,844 (4)————
2023#8,486 (12)#2,504 (10)————
2022#7,631 (14)#2,889 (8)————
2021#8,978 (11)#2,942 (8)#792 (3)#446 (3)——
2020#8,406 (12)#2,843 (8)————
2019#5,986 (20)#4,001 (5)#650 (4)———
2018#5,619 (22)#1,977 (14)—#361 (4)——
2017#7,840 (14)#1,568 (20)#808 (3)———
2016#5,445 (24)#1,635 (19)#502 (6)—#868 (3)—
2015#7,266 (16)#1,783 (16)#379 (9)———
2014#6,713 (18)#1,562 (19)#537 (6)———
2013#8,580 (13)#1,220 (28)#319 (12)#440 (3)——
2012#8,632 (13)#1,130 (30)#310 (14)#383 (4)——
2011#5,358 (25)#858 (42)#334 (11)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #780.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1983.
  • In 2025, 13% of US babies named Brogan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 50,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 50,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 330,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Brogan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 64,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 42,000 to 1 in 98,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BroganCanadaGirls—too few
BroganCanadaBoys—too few
BroganEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
BroganEngland & WalesBoys#1,89713
BroganIrelandGirls—too few
BroganIrelandBoys#6764
BróganIrelandBoys—too few
BroganNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BroganNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BroganScotlandGirls—too few
BroganScotlandBoys—too few
BroganUSGirls#14,9425
BroganUSBoys#3,37934