# Brogan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brogan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “descendants of brógán”, “shoe” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,031 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,159 / 872 (17% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,756, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brógáin (“descendants of Brógán”), probably from a diminutive of bróg (“shoe”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 5,397 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,713 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,681 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,763 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,343 |
| 2016 | 24 | 5,486 |
| 2017 | 14 | 7,924 |
| 2018 | 22 | 5,645 |
| 2019 | 20 | 6,020 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,495 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,083 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,706 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,578 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,306 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,344 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 288 | 780 |
| 2012 | 218 | 933 |
| 2013 | 188 | 1,030 |
| 2014 | 201 | 1,014 |
| 2015 | 156 | 1,185 |
| 2016 | 137 | 1,315 |
| 2017 | 118 | 1,449 |
| 2018 | 101 | 1,617 |
| 2019 | 83 | 1,824 |
| 2020 | 56 | 2,370 |
| 2021 | 63 | 2,230 |
| 2022 | 49 | 2,678 |
| 2023 | 57 | 2,393 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3,706 |
| 2025 | 34 | 3,388 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 858 |
| 2012 | 30 | 1,130 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,220 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,635 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,568 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 54 | 626 |
| 2012 | 52 | 654 |
| 2013 | 50 | 666 |
| 2014 | 54 | 632 |
| 2015 | 58 | 623 |
| 2016 | 59 | 608 |
| 2017 | 52 | 673 |
| 2018 | 45 | 741 |
| 2019 | 37 | 825 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,192 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## People named Brogan

- Brogan Crowley, British skeleton racer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.