NameTides

Bronson

Bronson was the #1,046 boys' name in the US in 2025 (211 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #799 in Canada.

Bronson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Bronson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Bronson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,046 (211)#2,440 (9)—#799 (33)
2024#1,035 (215)#4,271 (4)—#959 (26)
2023#1,088 (197)#4,992 (3)—#854 (28)
2022#947 (240)#2,756 (7)—#944 (25)
2021#864 (270)#3,017 (6)—#1,039 (22)
2020#853 (267)#2,960 (6)—#639 (40)
2019#785 (296)#2,104 (10)—#574 (47)
2018#711 (342)#4,749 (3)—#601 (44)
2017#695 (354)#1,627 (15)—#502 (56)
2016#712 (343)#1,804 (13)—#681 (38)
2015#667 (386)#1,511 (16)—#495 (57)
2014#699 (355)#1,819 (12)—#546 (50)
2013#676 (356)#1,462 (16)—#598 (45)
2012#766 (298)#1,589 (15)#616 (4)#602 (41)
2011#787 (283)#2,194 (9)—#722 (32)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #667.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Bronson is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,600 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bronson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #715MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #604ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #668INOhio: #710OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,197CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,217TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Bronson (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#90712

Bronson (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BronsonCanadaBoys#79933
BronsonEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
BronsonIrelandBoys—too few
BronsonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BronsonUSBoys#1,046211