Bright Popularity by Year
Follow Bright across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Bright birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 20 | #4,857 | Down 871 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 7 | #11,932 | Up 311 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 27 | #3,986 | Up 357 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 24 | #4,343 | Up 872 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 18 | #5,215 | Down 105 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 7 | #12,243 | Down 1,951 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 18 | #5,110 | Down 969 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 9 | #10,292 | Up 4,796 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 24 | #4,141 | Up 89 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 5 | #15,088 | Up 451 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 24 | #4,230 | Up 246 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 5 | #15,539 | Up 143 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 22 | #4,476 | Down 371 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 5 | #15,682 | Up 1,082 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 25 | #4,105 | Up 4,711 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 8 | #8,816 | Down 1,325 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 10 | #7,491 | Down 2,789 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 20 | #4,702 | Up 4,087 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 8 | #8,789 | Down 1,739 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 11 | #7,050 | Down 794 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 13 | #6,256 | Down 515 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 5 | #16,764 | — |
| 2010 | Boys | 15 | #5,741 | Up 3,244 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 8 | #8,985 | Down 1,798 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 11 | #7,187 | Up 1,728 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 8 | #8,915 | Up 670 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 7 | #9,585 | Down 2,489 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 10 | #7,096 | Up 735 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 8 | #7,831 | Up 508 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 7 | #8,339 | Up 365 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 6 | #8,704 | Down 2,086 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 8 | #6,618 | Up 2,397 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 5 | #9,015 | Down 2,023 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 7 | #6,992 | Up 1,708 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 5 | #8,700 | Down 795 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 5 | #7,905 | Down 4,129 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 5 | #3,776 | Down 516 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 8 | #3,260 | Up 1,026 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 5 | #4,286 | Down 741 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 6 | #3,545 | — |