Bronson
#1,046 for boys in 2025, 211 births
- Peak · boys
- 2015 · 386 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,693since 1913
Bronson over time
Rank among boys' names. Bronson has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,046 | 211 |
| 2024 | #1,035 | 215 |
| 2023 | #1,088 | 197 |
| 2022 | #947 | 240 |
| 2021 | #864 | 270 |
| 2020 | #853 | 267 |
| 2019 | #785 | 296 |
| 2018 | #711 | 342 |
| 2017 | #695 | 354 |
| 2016 | #712 | 343 |
| 2015 | #667 | 386 |
| 2014 | #699 | 355 |
| 2013 | #676 | 356 |
| 2012 | #766 | 298 |
| 2011 | #787 | 283 |
| 2010 | #793 | 273 |
| 2009 | #893 | 233 |
| 2008 | #991 | 198 |
| 2007 | #1,021 | 186 |
| 2006 | #1,025 | 179 |
| 2005 | #879 | 207 |
| 2004 | #1,007 | 164 |
| 2003 | #1,029 | 153 |
| 2002 | #1,026 | 149 |
| 2001 | #958 | 160 |
| 2000 | #873 | 181 |
| 1999 | #973 | 148 |
| 1998 | #871 | 166 |
| 1997 | #864 | 163 |
| 1996 | #846 | 165 |
| 1995 | #789 | 185 |
| 1994 | #804 | 174 |
| 1993 | #864 | 150 |
| 1992 | #763 | 187 |
| 1991 | #795 | 168 |
| 1990 | #686 | 218 |
| 1989 | #740 | 179 |
| 1988 | #708 | 176 |
| 1987 | #677 | 181 |
| 1986 | #756 | 143 |
| 1985 | #798 | 124 |
| 1984 | #752 | 132 |
| 1983 | #891 | 97 |
| 1982 | #917 | 95 |
| 1981 | #900 | 98 |
| 1980 | #967 | 86 |
| 1979 | #984 | 81 |
| 1978 | #950 | 83 |
| 1977 | #954 | 80 |
| 1976 | #977 | 72 |
| 1975 | #945 | 75 |
| 1974 | #948 | 74 |
| 1973 | #1,045 | 60 |
| 1972 | #1,032 | 61 |
| 1971 | #1,127 | 53 |
| 1970 | #861 | 87 |
| 1969 | #1,231 | 41 |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,052 | 16 |
| 1919 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
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| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
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| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
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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 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#452 · 1 in 6,245
- Pennsylvania#611 · 1 in 14,665
- California#1,009 · 1 in 21,473
- Texas#1,050 · 1 in 21,138
Best ever in a state: #48 in Hawaii, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #452 | 5 | 1 in 6,245 |
| Pennsylvania | #611 | 5 | 1 in 14,665 |
| California | #1,009 | 7 | 1 in 21,473 |
| Texas | #1,050 | 5 | 1 in 21,138 |
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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.
See more about Bronson
- 11 spots since 2024 (#1,035 → #1,046)
- 193 spots since 2020 (#853 → #1,046)
- 379 spots since 2015 (#667 → #1,046)
- Biggest jump: 370 spots in 1970 (#1,231 → #861)
- Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1971 (#861 → #1,127)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 2015 at #667 (386 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1974–2001
- 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%)
- 30.7% of all boys named Bronson (3,286) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 24 | #2,821 (1913) | #3,391 |
| 1920s | 82 | #2,052 (1920) | #3,339 |
| 1930s | 81 | #2,062 (1936) | #2,495 |
| 1940s | 78 | #1,941 (1949) | #2,691 |
| 1950s | 53 | #2,875 (1952) | #3,329 |
| 1960s | 118 | #1,231 (1969) | #2,630 |
| 1970s | 726 | #861 (1970) | #982 |
| 1980s | 1,311 | #677 (1987) | #811 |
| 1990s | 1,724 | #686 (1990) | #826 |
| 2000s | 1,810 | #873 (2000) | #970 |
| 2010s | 3,286 | #667 (2015) | #729 |
| 2020s | 1,400 | #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.
Bronson in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 21,248 of them was named Bronson, which outranked 84.2% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).