NameTides

Bronx

Bronx was the #1,132 boys' name in the US in 2025 (187 babies), and #2,269 in Canada.

Bronx as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Bronx as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Bronx as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,132 (187)—#2,269 (8)
2024#1,290 (152)—#3,072 (5)
2023#1,205 (165)#4,992 (3)#2,123 (8)
2022#1,135 (185)—#2,229 (7)
2021#1,200 (161)——
2020#1,262 (145)—#2,013 (8)
2019#1,157 (168)—#2,756 (5)
2018#1,168 (164)—#2,740 (5)
2017#1,219 (150)—#2,762 (5)
2016#1,389 (126)—#2,428 (6)
2015#1,491 (111)—#2,139 (7)
2014#1,340 (129)—#1,657 (10)
2013#1,557 (101)—#1,926 (8)
2012#1,466 (110)—#2,666 (5)
2011#1,429 (115)—#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,132.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2003.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,200 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 9,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bronx is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,000 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bronx by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #768MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: #265UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #487LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,294TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Bronx (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BronxCanadaBoys#2,2698
BronxEngland & WalesBoys—too few
BronxNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BronxUSGirls#11,9327
BronxUSBoys#1,132187