Bruno

#740 for boys in 2025, 351 births

Peak · boys
1915 · 348 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
18,875
since 1880

Bruno over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bruno has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #259, 1915boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#740351
2024#704381
2023#711373
2022#625448
2021#667406
2020#711352
2019#713344
2018#666379
2017#638404
2016#667386
2015#712349
2014#671381
2013#646379
2012#795284
2011#830261
2010#756297
2009#863245
2008#799274
2007#809263
2006#797258
2005#802239
2004#788229
2003#783224
2002#784220
2001#958160
2000#967156
1999#1,114119
1998#1,130112
1997#1,075118
1996#999125
1995#1,107105
1994#1,17894
1993#1,060109
1992#1,24682
1991#1,13094
1990#980115
1989#1,03799
1988#1,14577
1987#1,23462
1986#1,18864
1985#1,13367
1984#1,19858
1983#1,00677
1982#1,03976
1981#1,13365
1980#1,13364
1979#1,20657
1978#1,06666
1977#1,39043
1976#1,19052
1975#1,34542
1974#99368
1973#1,01463
1972#90578
1971#93376
1970#91776
1969#1,09750
1968#75696
1967#77489
1966#82778
1965#80386
1964#81585
1963#755105
1962#80888
1961#748106
1960#752105
1959#79493
1958#79688
1957#719108
1956#76293
1955#86273
1954#87670
1953#75988
1952#77083
1951#76683
1950#80671
1949#80373
1948#1,00149
1947#76481
1946#79370
1945#81758
1944#76167
1943#82863
1942#72279
1941#64490
1940#74168
1939#82954
1938#68378
1937#66580
1936#63085
1935#62987
1934#557112
1933#540111
1932#59698
1931#527121
1930#468160
1929#481149
1928#466170
1927#443190
1926#418209
1925#410211
1924#374261
1923#350286
1922#374261
1921#337311
1920#341292
1919#354261
1918#294348
1917#285328
1916#270353
1915#259348
1914#304219
1913#295180
1912#336127
1911#38554
1910#33754
1909#43633
1908#47527
1907#54020
1906#52319
1905#46323
1904#51518
1903#7839
1902#55615
1901#55913
1900#44626
1899#8577
1898#50517
1897#61512
1896#59213
1895#55614
1894#46418
1893#65010
1892#54714
1891#45615
1890#62910
1889#7897
1888#9176
1887#51612
1886#9595
1885#7657
1884#7647
1883—
1882#9435
1881#7816
1880#7457
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 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedMNIllinois: #219 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 2,226 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedWIMichigan: #272 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,534 boysMINew York: #275 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 3,979 boysNYMassachusetts: #266 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,242 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedINOhio: #373 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,407 boysOHPennsylvania: #229 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 3,008 boysPANew Jersey: #202 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,645 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #298 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,927 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedHITexas: #470 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 4,212 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Bruno, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#202 · 1 in 2,645
  2. Illinois#219 · 1 in 2,226
  3. Pennsylvania#229 · 1 in 3,008
  4. Massachusetts#266 · 1 in 5,242
  5. Michigan#272 · 1 in 3,534

Best ever in a state: #87 in Illinois, 1916.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#202111 in 2,645
Illinois#219261 in 2,226
Pennsylvania#229271 in 3,008
Massachusetts#26661 in 5,242
Michigan#272121 in 3,534
New York#275241 in 3,979
California#298131 in 2,927
Ohio#37371 in 7,407
Texas#470141 in 4,212
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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
  • 36 spots since 2024 (#704 → #740)
  • 29 spots since 2020 (#711 → #740)
  • 28 spots since 2015 (#712 → #740)
  • Biggest jump: 443 spots in 1887 (#959 → #516)
  • Biggest drop: 401 spots in 1888 (#516 → #917)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s62#516 (1887)#798
1890s130#456 (1891)#587
1900s203#436 (1909)#530
1910s2,272#259 (1915)#312
1920s2,340#337 (1921)#399
1930s986#468 (1930)#612
1940s698#644 (1941)#787
1950s850#719 (1957)#791
1960s888#748 (1961)#814
1970s621#905 (1972)#1,096
1980s709#1,006 (1983)#1,125
1990s1,073#980 (1990)#1,102
2000s2,268#783 (2003)#835
2010s3,464#638 (2017)#709
2020s2,311#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.

Bruno in 1930

boys
#468
160 births · 1 in 6,859 boys

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #468Bruno160
More about 1930

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 6,859 of them was named Bruno, which outranked 89.7% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bruno
  1. #465Frederic163
  2. #466Hoyt162
  3. #466Riley162
  4. #468Bruno160
  5. #469Alphonse159
  6. #470Bertram158
  7. #470Julio158
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,094Derl#3,959 → #865
  2. ↑ 420Clive#1,378 → #958
  3. ↑ 380Farris#1,272 → #892
  4. ↑ 368Earlie#1,296 → #928
  5. ↑ 357Winton#1,272 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 486Americo#729 → #1,215
  2. ↓ 433Enrico#995 → #1,428
  3. ↓ 371Eliseo#844 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 312Meyer#878 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 304Hilbert#869 → #1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930 →