Bronson
- Gender
- Boy
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,046 for boys
Bronson is a boys' name, meaning “a man named Brown's”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 1,046th for boys in the US (211 babies).
What does Bronson mean?
“a man named Brown's”
A surname transferred from the given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Bronson a girl's or a boy's name?
Bronson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 211 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bronson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Bronson, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 17 boys.
2025 had more boys named Bronson than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Bronson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Bronson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Bronson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,046among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 211about 1 in 8,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 211 boys in the US were named Bronson, making it the 1,046th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 853rd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 386 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Bronson in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bronson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 211 | #1,046 |
| 2024 | 215 | #1,035 |
| 2023 | 197 | #1,088 |
| 2022 | 240 | #947 |
| 2021 | 270 | #864 |
| 2020 | 267 | #853 |
| 2019 | 296 | #785 |
| 2018 | 342 | #711 |
| 2017 | 354 | #695 |
| 2016 | 343 | #712 |
| 2015 | 386 | #667 |
| 2014 | 355 | #699 |
| 2013 | 356 | #676 |
| 2012 | 298 | #766 |
| 2011 | 283 | #787 |
| 2010 | 273 | #793 |
| 2009 | 233 | #893 |
| 2008 | 198 | #991 |
| 2007 | 186 | #1,021 |
| 2006 | 179 | #1,025 |
| 2005 | 207 | #879 |
| 2004 | 164 | #1,006 |
| 2003 | 153 | #1,028 |
| 2002 | 149 | #1,025 |
| 2001 | 160 | #957 |
| 2000 | 181 | #871 |
| 1999 | 148 | #971 |
| 1998 | 166 | #870 |
| 1997 | 163 | #862 |
| 1996 | 165 | #844 |
| 1995 | 185 | #786 |
| 1994 | 174 | #802 |
| 1993 | 150 | #862 |
| 1992 | 187 | #761 |
| 1991 | 168 | #791 |
| 1990 | 218 | #684 |
| 1989 | 179 | #737 |
| 1988 | 176 | #708 |
| 1987 | 181 | #677 |
| 1986 | 143 | #756 |
| 1985 | 124 | #798 |
| 1984 | 132 | #752 |
| 1983 | 97 | #891 |
| 1982 | 95 | #917 |
| 1981 | 98 | #900 |
| 1980 | 86 | #967 |
| 1979 | 81 | #984 |
| 1978 | 83 | #950 |
| 1977 | 80 | #954 |
| 1976 | 72 | #977 |
| 1975 | 75 | #945 |
| 1974 | 74 | #948 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,045 |
| 1972 | 61 | #1,032 |
| 1971 | 53 | #1,127 |
| 1970 | 87 | #861 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,231 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
Names like Bronson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Bronson
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Bronson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bronson, updated 20 October 2026.