unisex name

Brogan

  • Gender Unisex
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 9,360

Northern Ireland

#267

2024 births

Brogan is a unisex name with 2 syllables. It is given to both girls and boys — about 34% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 39 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2011, when 313 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 85,012 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1983.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Brogan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,923
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Brogan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 147
1990s 834
2000s 1,776
2010s 1,923
2020s (to 2025) 351

How popular is Brogan?

In 2025, Brogan was given to 39 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Brogan is used

Northern Ireland #267 7 in 2024
Ireland #767 4 in 2025
Scotland #825 3 in 2023
England & Wales #1,963 17 in 2025
Canada #2,818 6 in 2022
United States #3,418 39 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Brogan is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Brógan Brógan is a rare spelling of Brogan, written with a fada and recorded 6 times, mostly in Ireland. 6

Names that peaked alongside Brogan

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Brogan also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Brogan over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Brogan

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Brogan — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Brogan

How popular is the name Brogan?

In 2025, Brogan was given to 39 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Brogan a girl's or a boy's name?

Brogan is used for both girls and boys. About 34% of recorded births with this name are girls.

How many syllables are in Brogan?

Brogan has 2 syllables.

When was Brogan most popular?

Brogan peaked in 2011, when 313 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Brogan a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Brogan currently ranks #267 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.