Bruno
- #740 for boys in 2025, 351 births
- Peak · boys
- 1915 · 348 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,875since 1880
Bruno over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Bruno has never cracked the top 200 here.
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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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #740 | 351 |
| 2024 | #704 | 381 |
| 2023 | #711 | 373 |
| 2022 | #625 | 448 |
| 2021 | #667 | 406 |
| 2020 | #711 | 352 |
| 2019 | #713 | 344 |
| 2018 | #666 | 379 |
| 2017 | #638 | 404 |
| 2016 | #667 | 386 |
| 2015 | #712 | 349 |
| 2014 | #671 | 381 |
| 2013 | #646 | 379 |
| 2012 | #795 | 284 |
| 2011 | #830 | 261 |
| 2010 | #756 | 297 |
| 2009 | #863 | 245 |
| 2008 | #799 | 274 |
| 2007 | #809 | 263 |
| 2006 | #797 | 258 |
| 2005 | #802 | 239 |
| 2004 | #788 | 229 |
| 2003 | #783 | 224 |
| 2002 | #784 | 220 |
| 2001 | #958 | 160 |
| 2000 | #967 | 156 |
| 1999 | #1,114 | 119 |
| 1998 | #1,130 | 112 |
| 1997 | #1,075 | 118 |
| 1996 | #999 | 125 |
| 1995 | #1,107 | 105 |
| 1994 | #1,178 | 94 |
| 1993 | #1,060 | 109 |
| 1992 | #1,246 | 82 |
| 1991 | #1,130 | 94 |
| 1990 | #980 | 115 |
| 1989 | #1,037 | 99 |
| 1988 | #1,145 | 77 |
| 1987 | #1,234 | 62 |
| 1986 | #1,188 | 64 |
| 1985 | #1,133 | 67 |
| 1984 | #1,198 | 58 |
| 1983 | #1,006 | 77 |
| 1982 | #1,039 | 76 |
| 1981 | #1,133 | 65 |
| 1980 | #1,133 | 64 |
| 1979 | #1,206 | 57 |
| 1978 | #1,066 | 66 |
| 1977 | #1,390 | 43 |
| 1976 | #1,190 | 52 |
| 1975 | #1,345 | 42 |
| 1974 | #993 | 68 |
| 1973 | #1,014 | 63 |
| 1972 | #905 | 78 |
| 1971 | #933 | 76 |
| 1970 | #917 | 76 |
| 1969 | #1,097 | 50 |
| 1968 | #756 | 96 |
| 1967 | #774 | 89 |
| 1966 | #827 | 78 |
| 1965 | #803 | 86 |
| 1964 | #815 | 85 |
| 1963 | #755 | 105 |
| 1962 | #808 | 88 |
| 1961 | #748 | 106 |
| 1960 | #752 | 105 |
| 1959 | #794 | 93 |
| 1958 | #796 | 88 |
| 1957 | #719 | 108 |
| 1956 | #762 | 93 |
| 1955 | #862 | 73 |
| 1954 | #876 | 70 |
| 1953 | #759 | 88 |
| 1952 | #770 | 83 |
| 1951 | #766 | 83 |
| 1950 | #806 | 71 |
| 1949 | #803 | 73 |
| 1948 | #1,001 | 49 |
| 1947 | #764 | 81 |
| 1946 | #793 | 70 |
| 1945 | #817 | 58 |
| 1944 | #761 | 67 |
| 1943 | #828 | 63 |
| 1942 | #722 | 79 |
| 1941 | #644 | 90 |
| 1940 | #741 | 68 |
| 1939 | #829 | 54 |
| 1938 | #683 | 78 |
| 1937 | #665 | 80 |
| 1936 | #630 | 85 |
| 1935 | #629 | 87 |
| 1934 | #557 | 112 |
| 1933 | #540 | 111 |
| 1932 | #596 | 98 |
| 1931 | #527 | 121 |
| 1930 | #468 | 160 |
| 1929 | #481 | 149 |
| 1928 | #466 | 170 |
| 1927 | #443 | 190 |
| 1926 | #418 | 209 |
| 1925 | #410 | 211 |
| 1924 | #374 | 261 |
| 1923 | #350 | 286 |
| 1922 | #374 | 261 |
| 1921 | #337 | 311 |
| 1920 | #341 | 292 |
| 1919 | #354 | 261 |
| 1918 | #294 | 348 |
| 1917 | #285 | 328 |
| 1916 | #270 | 353 |
| 1915 | #259 | 348 |
| 1914 | #304 | 219 |
| 1913 | #295 | 180 |
| 1912 | #336 | 127 |
| 1911 | #385 | 54 |
| 1910 | #337 | 54 |
| 1909 | #436 | 33 |
| 1908 | #475 | 27 |
| 1907 | #540 | 20 |
| 1906 | #523 | 19 |
| 1905 | #463 | 23 |
| 1904 | #515 | 18 |
| 1903 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #556 | 15 |
| 1901 | #559 | 13 |
| 1900 | #446 | 26 |
| 1899 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #505 | 17 |
| 1897 | #615 | 12 |
| 1896 | #592 | 13 |
| 1895 | #556 | 14 |
| 1894 | #464 | 18 |
| 1893 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #547 | 14 |
| 1891 | #456 | 15 |
| 1890 | #629 | 10 |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #516 | 12 |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #745 | 7 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bruno was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bruno is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #412 | 47 | 1 in 2,033 |
| Nevada | #516 | 5 | 1 in 2,259 |
| Kentucky | #526 | 8 | 1 in 2,567 |
| Arizona | #559 | 12 | 1 in 2,727 |
| Utah | #561 | 7 | 1 in 2,809 |
| California | #565 | 53 | 1 in 3,311 |
| Texas | #575 | 54 | 1 in 3,242 |
| Illinois | #632 | 14 | 1 in 3,539 |
| Pennsylvania | #662 | 13 | 1 in 4,020 |
| Colorado | #680 | 7 | 1 in 3,836 |
| Massachusetts | #690 | 6 | 1 in 4,504 |
| Georgia | #710 | 13 | 1 in 3,863 |
| Wisconsin | #785 | 5 | 1 in 4,686 |
| New York | #798 | 17 | 1 in 4,966 |
| Indiana | #844 | 6 | 1 in 5,277 |
| North Carolina | #873 | 9 | 1 in 5,719 |
| New Jersey | #915 | 6 | 1 in 6,628 |
| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| Virginia | #971 | 6 | 1 in 6,209 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
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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 Bruno
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 29 spots since 2020 (#711 → #740)
- Biggest jump: 443 spots in 1887
- Biggest drop: 401 spots in 1888
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1915 at #259 (348 births)
- Births halved by 1928, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 119 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1884–1947
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,438
- Highest: 1 in 2,438 boys born in 1915 were named Bruno (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,866 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 18.4% of all boys named Bruno (3,464) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 62 | #516 (1887) | #798 |
| 1890s | 130 | #456 (1891) | #587 |
| 1900s | 203 | #436 (1909) | #530 |
| 1910s | 2,272 | #259 (1915) | #312 |
| 1920s | 2,340 | #337 (1921) | #399 |
| 1930s | 986 | #468 (1930) | #612 |
| 1940s | 698 | #644 (1941) | #787 |
| 1950s | 850 | #719 (1957) | #791 |
| 1960s | 888 | #748 (1961) | #814 |
| 1970s | 621 | #905 (1972) | #1,096 |
| 1980s | 709 | #1,006 (1983) | #1,125 |
| 1990s | 1,073 | #980 (1990) | #1,102 |
| 2000s | 2,268 | #783 (2003) | #835 |
| 2010s | 3,464 | #638 (2017) | #709 |
| 2020s | 2,311 | #625 (2022) | #693 |
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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