Bronwen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRON-wen
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Bronwen is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “white breast”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Bronwen mean?
Welsh: from bron, 'breast', and gwen, 'white, blessed'
“white breast”
Often confused with Branwen, 'white raven', the tragic heroine of the Mabinogi.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bronwen a girl's or a boy's name?
Bronwen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bronwen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Bronwen, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 50 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bronwen in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 49 girls in the UK were given Bronwen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #747, up from #1,570 for this spelling alone.
- Bronwyn 29
- Bronwen 20
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Bronwen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 29 | #1,147 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 27 | #1,138 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,319 |
| 2005 | 27 | #1,022 |
| 2004 | 23 | #1,112 |
| 2003 | 34 | #843 |
| 2002 | 33 | #812 |
| 2001 | 41 | #679 |
| 2000 | 36 | #731 |
| 1999 | 48 | #615 |
| 1998 | 50 | #591 |
| 1997 | 50 | #588 |
| 1996 | 48 | #568 |
How popular is Bronwen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Bronwen, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.
2025 had more girls named Bronwen than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Bronwen in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were given Bronwen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,513, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
- Bronwyn 37
- Bronwen 10
- Bronwynn 5
Bronwen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 18 | #2,999 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,768 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
Nicknames for Bronwen
- Bron 8 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Bronwen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ffion Rhiannon Eden Tegan Raegan Caragh Teagan Caitlin Keira Aoibheann Bree Caoimhe
Other spellings of Bronwen
Names related to Bronwen
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
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, “Bronwen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bronwen, updated 20 October 2026.