Bronte
Girl · BRON-tee · Irish
Bronte is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 561st for girls in the UK (76 babies).
What does Bronte mean?
Irish: surname of the Brontë sisters
Honours the Brontë sisters; their father Patrick changed the family's Irish surname Brunty to Brontë.
- Say it
- BRON-tee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bronte a girl's or a boy's name?
Bronte is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 76 girls and 4 boys in the UK.
How popular is Bronte in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #561among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 76about 1 in 3,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 139% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 76 girls in the UK were named Bronte, making it the 561st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 91 girls. 4 boys were also named Bronte in 2025 (4,301st for boys).
Half of all the girls named Bronte in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 526th in England and Wales.
Bronte in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #561 |
| 2024 | 80 | #542 |
| 2023 | 52 | #747 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 2021 | 36 | #1,028 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,189 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 2017 | 48 | #865 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 39 | #994 |
| 2014 | 36 | #1,053 |
| 2013 | 38 | #1,022 |
| 2012 | 33 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 46 | #858 |
| 2010 | 51 | #772 |
| 2009 | 43 | #864 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,176 |
| 2007 | 30 | #1,057 |
| 2006 | 33 | #955 |
| 2005 | 29 | #982 |
| 2004 | 40 | #759 |
| 2003 | 44 | #699 |
| 2002 | 40 | #708 |
| 2001 | 42 | #670 |
| 2000 | 50 | #598 |
| 1999 | 57 | #556 |
| 1998 | 81 | #429 |
| 1997 | 91 | #404 |
| 1996 | 61 | #499 |
How popular is Bronte in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 131 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Bronte in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bronte in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 53 | #2,567 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 68 | #2,001 |
| 1994 | 61 | #2,183 |
| 1993 | 88 | #1,690 |
| 1992 | 131 | #1,291 |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,544 |
| 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 | 6 | #6,615 |
Names like Bronte
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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