Bruno

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Bruno is ranked 701st among boys in 2024 (381 births). Its best rank was 259th, in 1915.

Rank in 2024: #701up 10 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3810.02% of boys
Peak year: 2022448 births
Best rank: #259in 1915
Since 1880: 18,521people given the name

Babies named Bruno, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

18,521 boys have been named Bruno in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 448 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 2010s alone account for 19%. It has spent 118 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Bruno
1880s	62
1890s	130
1900s	203
1910s	2,272
1920s	2,340
1930s	986
1940s	698
1950s	850
1960s	888
1970s	620
1980s	709
1990s	1,073
2000s	2,268
2010s	3,462
2020s	1,960

In 2022, its biggest year

Bruno was the 623rd most given boy’s name 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 Bruno

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.