Bright
Boy · BRITE · English
Bright is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “bright, shining”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Bright mean?
English: English word name
“bright, shining”
As a given name it is especially used in Ghana and Nigeria.
- Say it
- BRITE
Is Bright a girl's or a boy's name?
Bright is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 20 boys in the US.
How popular is Bright in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 160% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Bright, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Bright of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Bright in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Bright in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
How popular is Bright in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Bright, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917. 7 girls were also named Bright in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Bright in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bright in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
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