NameTides

Bruce

Bruce was the #536 boys' name in the US in 2025 (558 babies), and #856 in England & Wales and #541 in Canada.

Bruce as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Bruce as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Bruce as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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 IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#536 (558)#856 (37)#333 (10)#395 (3)#676 (4)#541 (54)—
2024#536 (555)#898 (35)#727 (3)—#655 (4)#453 (68)—
2023#542 (547)#965 (31)#400 (8)—#472 (7)#630 (42)—
2022#563 (526)#714 (47)#472 (6)—#454 (7)#402 (72)—
2021#535 (549)#704 (49)#437 (7)—#414 (8)#392 (77)—
2020#498 (587)#656 (52)#476 (6)—#637 (4)#422 (69)—
2019#471 (624)#597 (62)#320 (11)—#564 (5)#403 (75)—
2018#473 (614)#541 (71)#392 (8)—#635 (4)#467 (59)—
2017#429 (722)#597 (62)#352 (10)—#443 (7)#457 (63)—
2016#440 (702)#501 (81)#355 (10)—#601 (4)#352 (93)—
2015#404 (766)#586 (63)#287 (14)—#554 (5)#464 (62)—
2014#401 (773)#624 (55)#302 (13)—#508 (6)#450 (66)—
2013#417 (710)#603 (57)#280 (14)—#383 (10)#497 (56)—
2012#422 (668)#754 (43)#392 (8)—#616 (4)#462 (60)—
2011#469 (574)#718 (44)#261 (15)——#634 (39)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1951 at #26.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,100 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 3,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Bruce is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,900 to 1 in 3,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bruce by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #446WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #552MNIllinois: #568ILMichigan: #445MINew York: #545NYMassachusetts: #413MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #512INOhio: #541OHPennsylvania: #506PANew Jersey: #429NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #442CAUtah: #378UTColorado: #329CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #452VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #678NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #400ALGeorgia: #756GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #555TXFlorida: #508FL
Bruce (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#38734

Bruce (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
BruceCanadaBoys#54154
BruceEngland & WalesBoys#85637
BruceIrelandBoys#6764
BruceNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
BruceNSWBoys—too few
BruceScotlandBoys#33310
BruceUSGirls—too few
BruceUSBoys#536558