Bronte

Bronte was the #526 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (76 babies).

Bronte as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Bronte as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & Wales
Bronte as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern 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. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaNSW
2025—#526 (76)————
2024#7,594 (14)#526 (74)#476 (6)———
2023#10,312 (9)#727 (50)————
2022#12,243 (7)#1,215 (27)————
2021#8,464 (12)#1,069 (32)—#446 (3)#3,280 (5)—
2020#10,250 (9)#1,065 (31)————
2019#12,448 (7)#1,119 (30)——#2,374 (8)—
2018#7,762 (14)#1,314 (25)————
2017#8,299 (13)#814 (47)——#2,876 (6)—
2016#9,411 (11)#1,031 (34)————
2015#10,866 (9)#942 (38)————
2014#14,558 (6)#1,016 (35)——#3,316 (5)—
2013#14,582 (6)#999 (36)————
2012#8,632 (13)#1,075 (32)——#2,921 (6)—
2011#8,614 (13)#841 (43)#810 (3)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2025 at #526.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the England & Wales records since the data begins in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,300 baby girls in the published England & Wales 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Bronte is likely to keep rising in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 2,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 3,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BronteCanadaGirls—too few
BronteEngland & WalesGirls#52676
BronteEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
BronteNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BronteNSWGirls—too few
BronteScotlandGirls—too few
BronteUSGirls—too few
BronteUSBoys—too few