Bronwen

Peak · girls
1947 · 14 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
872
since 1941

Bronwen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Bronwen has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,769, 1947girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#9,45710
2024—
2023—
2022#10,3839
2021—
2020#10,2509
2019#9,73610
2018—
2017#12,7137
2016#10,8599
2015#13,0067
2014#14,5586
2013#9,61211
2012#9,10912
2011—
2010#13,4487
2009#10,67910
2008#12,5798
2007—
2006#10,61110
2005#10,9219
2004#6,76817
2003#10,4259
2002#9,48210
2001#7,31714
2000#8,02712
1999#9,4799
1998#7,10413
1997#9,0179
1996#7,13012
1995#8,07910
1994#11,7786
1993#5,67316
1992#10,4797
1991#7,98710
1990#8,5019
1989#8,0379
1988#9,2447
1987#9,8256
1986#5,45913
1985#9,3076
1984#5,89911
1983#5,14813
1982#4,16718
1981#4,16218
1980#3,31825
1979#3,44223
1978#3,38822
1977#4,06917
1976#3,67818
1975#3,05223
1974#4,72012
1973#3,48118
1972#3,54317
1971#3,06222
1970#3,57717
1969#3,31817
1968#3,45615
1967#4,6259
1966#4,4939
1965#4,4949
1964#3,00018
1963#5,8916
1962#4,26310
1961#5,8516
1960#3,68812
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1958#4,1939
1957#4,9187
1956#4,8377
1955#5,8285
1954#3,49011
1953#4,2268
1952#4,4837
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1950#2,90913
1949#5,2445
1948#2,97412
1947#2,76914
1946#3,4309
1945#2,91610
1944#3,3788
1943#3,2499
1942#3,4448
1941#3,5597
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First appearance
1941

The first year at least five girls were named Bronwen! It came in at #3,559, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1951, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Bronwen is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Bronwen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Bronwen
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 793 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #9,457)
  • 3,549 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #9,457)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1941
  • Peaked 1947 at #2,769 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1949, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 63,385
  • Highest: 1 in 63,385 girls born in 1975 were named Bronwen (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,769 in 1947, was only 1 in 126,626 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 21.7% of all girls named Bronwen (189) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s82#2,769 (1947)#3,440
1950s67#2,909 (1950)#4,361
1960s111#3,000 (1964)#4,308
1970s189#3,052 (1975)#3,601
1980s126#3,318 (1980)#6,457
1990s101#5,673 (1993)#8,523
2000s99#6,768 (2004)#9,645
2010s69#9,109 (2012)#11,630
2020s28#9,457 (2025)#10,030

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

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