Brigham

“Homestead by the bridge” — Old English origin

Boy's name · #1888 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Brigham reached #1257 in 2011 and has eased to #1888 since. About 3,400 boys have carried it since 1916. In Utah it runs about 12× its national rate.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Brighams

Brigham Young — American religious leader (1801–1877)
Brigham Henry Roberts — American Mormon; denied a seat as a member of United States Congress because of religion (1857-1933)
Brigham Young, Jr. — President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1899 until 1903 (1836-1903)
Brigham Cecil Gates — American hymnwriter
Brigham D. Madsen — American historian

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