Bright

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bright: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bright: Recorded since 2002, it reached #596 in 2006, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#596highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#2636
2006	#2087
2007	#3095
2008	#3158
2009	#4527
2010	#2629
2011	#3300
2012	#2721
2013	#3822
2014	#4632
2015	#3373
2016	#2804
2017	#3449
2018	#2693
2019	#4702
2021	#3451
2022	#4789
2023	#3112
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

In 2006: #596 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2087 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #2636 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Bright by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bright in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	25	5 of 10	5
2010s	53	10 of 10	5
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bright appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #596 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Bright's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #596, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 4 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Brielle · #631, 22y
Brien · #176, 11y
Brigid · #26, 58y
Brinley · #1629, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Albin · #596, 17y
Cale · #596, 21y
Jericho · #596, 22y
Kalel · #596, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Jericho · #596, 22y
Kalel · #596, 20y
Kristof · #596, 16y
Vladislav · #596, 22y

Bright was ranked #596 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Bright and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bright without appearing here.

Bright moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Bright

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2728.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2629 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1398.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2721 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #2403.

Moved the opposite way to Bright

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bright went from #2087 to #3254 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Rune Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bright went from #2087 to #3254 while Rune went from #4052 to #1460.

Moved the same way as Bright

Brent Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Bright went from #2636 to #4789 and Brent from #1322 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Bright went from #2636 to #4789 and Ole from #1253 to #4789.
Willow Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bright went from #2087 to #3254 and Willow from #2870 to #4270.
Brooke Compare
Between 2002 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Bright went from #2636 to #4702 and Brooke from #1322 to #4702.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #596 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bright

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Bright by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Bright at a glance

Bright by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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