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Bronx

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Bronx is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 151 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1510.01% of boys
Peak year
2022185 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 2003
2,332people given the name
Babies named Bronx, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,198 boys have been named Bronx in the United States since 2003, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 185 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2010s alone account for 58%.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 134 girls have also been given it, 5.7% of the total.

By decade

Decadeboys named Bronx
2000s114
2010s1,279
2020s805

In 2022, its biggest year

Bronx was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Bronx

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.