Broghan

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Broghan: Recorded since 1997, it reached #348 in 2000, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#348highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2012

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1958
1998	#3142
2000	#3912
2005	#4798
2006	#4157
2007	#5201
2008	#4524
2011	#5785
2012	#4838

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 9 of the 16 years from 1997 to 2012.

In 2012: #451 among girls in Northern Ireland, #4838 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1958 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2012
Highest recorded position: #348 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 2000–2012).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #3959 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Boys

Broghan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 9 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 36 births with the name.

Broghan across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Broghan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1958 (1997)	#1958 (1997)	#4838 (2012)	9 of 16	36 (1997–2012)	8 (1997)
England and Wales · Boys	#3849 (2005)	#3830 (2011)	#3959 (2018)	5 of 14	17 (2005–2018)	4 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#348 (2000)	#348 (2000)	#451 (2012)	3 of 13	9 (2000–2012)	3 (2000)

Broghan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Broghan in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	2 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	17	5 of 10	3
2010s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 3 births a year.

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

Broghan 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 1997 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #348 in Northern Ireland in 2000.

Broghan'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
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

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

Where Broghan is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Broghan, between 1997 and 2018, in 12 of those 22 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	1997–2018	11	#1958 in 1997
Northern Ireland	2000–2012	3	#348 in 2000

No registrar recorded it for 4 years after 2012; it appears again in 2017.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2018, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #348, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 3 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,959position in 2018, its most recent recorded year
3 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
1registrars publishing it in more than one category listIn one registrar's lists →
8births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 25 births →

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.

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Bronagh · #60, 61y

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.

Emma-Jayne · #348, 11y
Wilfie · #348, 11y
Krystle · #347, 13y
Taylor-Leigh · #351, 9y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aishah · #348, 30y
Emma-Jayne · #348, 11y
Enoch · #348, 29y
Kenechukwu · #348, 23y

Broghan was ranked #348 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2000. 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.

Abbey#348
Aideen#348
Aileen#348
Aishling#348

Broghan 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Broghan without appearing here.

Broghan moved ahead of

Lene
In 2007 they stood at #5201 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Broghan

Kristine
In 2010 they stood at #4524 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #3549.
Maja
In 1997 they stood at #1958 and #2152 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #1571.
Jayden
In 1997 they stood at #1958 and #2411 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #1823.
Shea
In 1997 they stood at #1958 and #2738 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #1823.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1997 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #348 in Northern Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Broghan

Broghan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Broghan across 3 official records

Broghan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Broghan appears in

Popularity data

Where Broghan is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Broghan

Broghan and the names beside it

Broghan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Broghan

Broghan at a glance

Broghan across 3 official records

Broghan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Broghan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Broghan

Broghan and the names beside it

Broghan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Broghan