Brogan

Where Brogan comes from

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brógáin (“descendants of Brógán”), probably from a diminutive of bróg (“shoe”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Brogan
Along the way
  1. 1983
    First appearance
    #5,484 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1994
    Brogan Crowley born
    British skeleton racer
  3. 1995
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 2011
    Peak, #780
    288 babies named Brogan — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,313.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A female given name.
  • A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  • A census-designated place in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.
Namesakes
  • Brogan Crowley · British skeleton racer, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.