Bronwen

Bronwen was the #9,457 girls' name in the US in 2025 (10 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales.

Bronwen as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Bronwen as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Bronwen as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, 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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#9,457 (10)#1,512 (20)————
2024—#1,491 (21)————
2023—#1,959 (14)————
2022#10,383 (9)#2,674 (9)————
2021—#1,866 (15)————
2020#10,250 (9)#2,300 (11)————
2019#9,736 (10)#1,439 (21)————
2018—#1,788 (16)———#2,587 (7)
2017#12,713 (7)#1,411 (23)————
2016#10,859 (9)#2,120 (13)————
2015#13,006 (7)#1,452 (22)————
2014#14,558 (6)#1,411 (22)———#2,026 (10)
2013#9,612 (11)#1,484 (21)————
2012#9,109 (12)#1,387 (23)————
2011—#1,729 (16)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1975 at #3,052.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1941.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 170,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BronwenCanadaGirls—too few
BronwenEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
BronwenIrelandGirls—too few
BronwenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BronwenScotlandGirls—too few
BronwenUSGirls#9,45710