Bronco
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRONG-koh
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Bronco is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “rough, untamed”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Bronco mean?
Spanish: Spanish word, used in English for a wild horse
“rough, untamed”
In the American West a bronco is an untamed horse, from Spanish bronco, 'rough'.
Is Bronco a girl's or a boy's name?
Bronco is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bronco in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Bronco, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the boys named Bronco in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bronco in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
Names like Bronco
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian Braylen Brecken Callan Brayden Kyaire Kayden Raiden Briggs Briar Finnegan Declan
Names related to Bronco
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bronco: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bronco, updated 20 October 2026.