How rare is the name Bronson?

8,096 people in the United States have the first name Bronson, about 1 in 37,306. It ranks #2,854 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRONSON

#2,854

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,096
About
1 in 37,306
This common or more
81%
Who bears it

Of the 8,096 people named Bronson, 68% reported their origin as White, 10.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bronson peaked in 2015, when 386 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
386
In 2025*
211 ▼45%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 10,693 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Bronson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,559. The largest share of babies named Bronson, 35.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#7,77824
1920s#5,97582
1930s#5,26481
1940s#5,74578
1950s#7,89353
1960s#5,900118
1970s#2,337726
1980s#1,8651,311
1990s#1,8801,724
2000s#2,1941,810
2010s#1,5593,286
2020s#2,0161,400
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Silent Generation 1928–451.3%
Baby boom 1946–641.2%
Generation X 1965–808.2%
Millennials 1981–9623.1%
Generation Z 1997–1229.4%
2013 and later35.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Bronson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bronson has been most common in Hawaii (28×), Utah (12×), and Nevada (2.9×), and least common in New York (0.18×).

7,021 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Bronson

#2,852 Candida · 8,104#2,853 Willy · 8,097#2,855 Frida · 8,083#2,856 Divya · 8,066

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bronson, most common first.

#3,430 Branson · 6,068#16,074 Bransen · 707#24,456 Brinson · 394#30,674 Brenson · 283#41,400 Bronsen · 177#41,825 Bronco · 174#46,015 Brunson · 146

Also a last name

As a last name, Bronson ranks #3,150 of 156,621, with 11,164 people. See Bronson as a last name

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