Bruin
#2,284 for boys in 2025, 61 births
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 76 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 673since 1994
Bruin over time
Rank among boys' names. Bruin has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,284 | 61 |
| 2024 | #3,216 | 37 |
| 2023 | #2,848 | 44 |
| 2022 | #2,616 | 51 |
| 2021 | #1,964 | 76 |
| 2020 | #2,505 | 51 |
| 2019 | #2,364 | 57 |
| 2018 | #2,748 | 44 |
| 2017 | #4,466 | 22 |
| 2016 | #4,098 | 25 |
| 2015 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #4,263 | 23 |
| 2013 | #3,964 | 25 |
| 2012 | #4,131 | 24 |
| 2011 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
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| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
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| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
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| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Bruin! It came in at #8,800, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1994–1995, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bruin is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#973 · 1 in 6,680
- Florida#1,581 · 1 in 15,460
- California#1,840 · 1 in 23,672
Best ever in a state: #624 in Utah, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #973 | 5 | 1 in 6,680 |
| Florida | #1,581 | 6 | 1 in 15,460 |
| California | #1,840 | 8 | 1 in 23,672 |
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See more about Bruin
- 932 spots since 2024 (#3,216 → #2,284)
- 221 spots since 2020 (#2,505 → #2,284)
- 3,005 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #2,284)
- Debuted 1994
- Peaked 2021 at #1,964 (76 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,020 boys born in 2021 were named Bruin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 28,001 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 47.5% of all boys named Bruin (320) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31 | #6,314 (1998) | #8,221 |
| 2000s | 65 | #6,070 (2008) | #8,702 |
| 2010s | 257 | #2,364 (2019) | #4,647 |
| 2020s | 320 | #1,964 (2021) | #2,572 |
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.
Bruin in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 23,020 of them was named Bruin, which outranked 86.1% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,943Xavian77
- #1,943Yohan77
- #1,943Zacari77
- #1,964Bruin76
- #1,964Antony76
- #1,964Cross76
- #1,964Fitz76
- #1,982Aram75
- #1,982Broderick75
- #1,982Bryer75
Tied with 17 names at #1,964; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.