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Brogán

An Irish name meaning “little shoe.”

US rank (2025)#3,379

Meaning and history

Brogán is an Irish masculine name derived from bróg, meaning "shoe," with a diminutive suffix, giving the sense "little shoe." It was borne by several early Irish saints, including Saint Brogan of Mothil. The unaccented Brogan later became an Irish surname and a modern unisex given name in English.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 183 births, rank #1,003
2007: 193 births, rank #1,002
2008: 259 births, rank #840
2009: 226 births, rank #912
2010: 250 births, rank #845
20112011: 288 births, rank #780
2012: 218 births, rank #933
2013: 188 births, rank #1,030
2014: 201 births, rank #1,014
2015: 156 births, rank #1,185
20162016: 137 births, rank #1,313
2017: 118 births, rank #1,449
2018: 101 births, rank #1,617
2019: 83 births, rank #1,823
2020: 56 births, rank #2,366
20212021: 63 births, rank #2,225
2022: 49 births, rank #2,675
2023: 57 births, rank #2,387
2024: 30 births, rank #3,693
20252025: 34 births, rank #3,379

Brogán moved from #780 to #933 for boys between 2011 and 2012. Its highest annual birth count came in 2011, with 288 births.