Brigham
Boy · BRIG-um · English
Brigham is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “homestead by a bridge”. In 2025 it ranked 1,886th for boys in the US (83 babies).
What does Brigham mean?
English: English surname from place names in Cumbria and Yorkshire
“homestead by a bridge”
Brigham Young (1801-1877) led Mormon pioneers to Utah; Brigham Young University is named after him.
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- BRIG-um
Is Brigham a girl's or a boy's name?
Brigham is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 83 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brigham in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,886among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 83about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 83 boys in the US were named Brigham, making it the 1,886th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,679th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 137 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Brigham in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brigham in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #1,886 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,146 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,268 |
| 2021 | 95 | #1,710 |
| 2020 | 94 | #1,679 |
| 2019 | 96 | #1,670 |
| 2018 | 105 | #1,584 |
| 2017 | 110 | #1,510 |
| 2016 | 120 | #1,443 |
| 2015 | 101 | #1,588 |
| 2014 | 111 | #1,465 |
| 2013 | 130 | #1,321 |
| 2012 | 130 | #1,314 |
| 2011 | 137 | #1,257 |
| 2010 | 104 | #1,543 |
| 2009 | 95 | #1,653 |
| 2008 | 98 | #1,603 |
| 2007 | 97 | #1,607 |
| 2006 | 92 | #1,583 |
| 2005 | 80 | #1,671 |
| 2004 | 83 | #1,579 |
| 2003 | 71 | #1,714 |
| 2002 | 87 | #1,456 |
| 2001 | 88 | #1,411 |
| 2000 | 73 | #1,605 |
| 1999 | 55 | #1,798 |
| 1998 | 61 | #1,677 |
| 1997 | 63 | #1,596 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,780 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
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