Bronson

Peak · boys
2015 · 386 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,693
since 1913

Bronson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bronson has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #667, 2015boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,046211
2024#1,035215
2023#1,088197
2022#947240
2021#864270
2020#853267
2019#785296
2018#711342
2017#695354
2016#712343
2015#667386
2014#699355
2013#676356
2012#766298
2011#787283
2010#793273
2009#893233
2008#991198
2007#1,021186
2006#1,025179
2005#879207
2004#1,007164
2003#1,029153
2002#1,026149
2001#958160
2000#873181
1999#973148
1998#871166
1997#864163
1996#846165
1995#789185
1994#804174
1993#864150
1992#763187
1991#795168
1990#686218
1989#740179
1988#708176
1987#677181
1986#756143
1985#798124
1984#752132
1983#89197
1982#91795
1981#90098
1980#96786
1979#98481
1978#95083
1977#95480
1976#97772
1975#94575
1974#94874
1973#1,04560
1972#1,03261
1971#1,12753
1970#86187
1969#1,23141
1968#2,73510
1967#3,2317
1966—
1965#2,47611
1964#2,54611
1963#3,6466
1962#2,67310
1961#2,70610
1960#2,42312
1959#3,0378
1958#3,0338
1957#3,9935
1956—
1955#3,5056
1954#3,4526
1953—
1952#2,8758
1951#3,7145
1950#3,0217
1949#1,94115
1948—
1947#2,8628
1946#2,9197
1945#3,3385
1944#2,08012
1943#3,2316
1942#2,5239
1941#2,6568
1940#2,6718
1939#3,1136
1938#2,18511
1937—
1936#2,06212
1935#2,12712
1934#2,12112
1933#3,6425
1932—
1931#2,10113
1930#2,60910
1929#3,9595
1928#4,1515
1927#3,7806
1926#2,72510
1925#3,7416
1924#3,8676
1923#3,8226
1922#2,48612
1921#2,80410
1920#2,05216
1919#3,7366
1918#4,1795
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1915#2,8298
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1913#2,8215
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Bronson! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Bronson is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedNHWashington: #801 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,685 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedILWisconsin: #618 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,347 boysWIMichigan: #715 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,019 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedRIOregon: #604 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,012 boysORNevada: #516 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,259 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedIAIndiana: #668 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,518 boysINOhio: #710 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,378 boysOHPennsylvania: #913 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,532 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,197 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 10,967 boysCAUtah: #473 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,185 boysUTColorado: #849 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,370 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedNEMissouri: #709 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,973 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedDEArizona: #844 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,454 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedARTennessee: #927 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,128 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #621 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,947 boysOKLouisiana: #591 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,733 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Bronson, so not publishedHITexas: #1,217 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 10,297 boysTXFlorida: #1,353 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,942 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#473 · 1 in 2,185
  2. Nevada#516 · 1 in 2,259
  3. Louisiana#591 · 1 in 2,733
  4. Oregon#604 · 1 in 3,012
  5. Wisconsin#618 · 1 in 3,347

Best ever in a state: #48 in Hawaii, 1987.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#47391 in 2,185
Nevada#51651 in 2,259
Louisiana#59171 in 2,733
Oregon#60451 in 3,012
Wisconsin#61871 in 3,347
Oklahoma#62161 in 2,947
Indiana#66891 in 3,518
Missouri#70971 in 3,973
Ohio#710121 in 4,378
Michigan#715101 in 4,019
Washington#80171 in 4,685
Arizona#84461 in 5,454
Colorado#84951 in 5,370
Pennsylvania#91381 in 6,532
Tennessee#92761 in 6,128
California#1,197161 in 10,967
Texas#1,217171 in 10,297
Florida#1,35381 in 11,942
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Bronson
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 193 spots since 2020 (#853 → #1,046)
  • Biggest jump: 370 spots in 1970
  • Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1971
Rise & fade · boys
102 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 2015 at #667 (386 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1974–2001
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,966
  • Highest: 1 in 4,966 boys born in 2015 were named Bronson (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,095 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 30.7% of all boys named Bronson (3,286) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s24#2,821 (1913)#3,391
1920s82#2,052 (1920)#3,339
1930s81#2,062 (1936)#2,495
1940s78#1,941 (1949)#2,691
1950s53#2,875 (1952)#3,329
1960s118#1,231 (1969)#2,630
1970s726#861 (1970)#982
1980s1,311#677 (1987)#811
1990s1,724#686 (1990)#826
2000s1,810#873 (2000)#970
2010s3,286#667 (2015)#729
2020s1,400#853 (2020)#972

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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