Bronson
Bronson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 214 births. Its best rank was 667th, in 2015.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2140.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2015385 births
- Best rank
- #667in 2015
- Since 1913
- 10,478people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,478 boys have been named Bronson in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 385 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2010s alone account for 31%. It has spent 45 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Bronson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 24 | |
| 1920s | 82 | |
| 1930s | 81 | |
| 1940s | 78 | |
| 1950s | 53 | |
| 1960s | 118 | |
| 1970s | 726 | |
| 1980s | 1,311 | |
| 1990s | 1,724 | |
| 2000s | 1,810 | |
| 2010s | 3,285 | |
| 2020s | 1,186 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Bronson was the 667th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Bronson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ericksonpeak 2008
- Elanpeak 2011
- Saeedpeak 2011
- Faisalpeak 2014
- Jamisonpeak 2017
- Desmondpeak 1992
- Gibranpeak 2014
- Brampeak 2016
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.