Bronx
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRONKS
- US rank, 2025
- #1,132 for boys
Bronx is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,132nd for boys in the US (187 babies).
What does Bronx mean?
From the New York borough, named after settler Jonas Bronck
From the New York City borough, which takes its name from Jonas Bronck, a European settler who farmed there from 1639.
Is Bronx a girl's or a boy's name?
Bronx is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 187 boys in the US.
How popular is Bronx in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,132among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 187about 1 in 9,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 187 boys in the US were named Bronx, making it the 1,132nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,262nd. It first appears in the records in 2003. 7 girls were also named Bronx in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Bronx of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Bronx in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bronx in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 187 | #1,132 |
| 2024 | 152 | #1,290 |
| 2023 | 165 | #1,205 |
| 2022 | 185 | #1,135 |
| 2021 | 161 | #1,200 |
| 2020 | 145 | #1,262 |
| 2019 | 168 | #1,157 |
| 2018 | 164 | #1,168 |
| 2017 | 150 | #1,219 |
| 2016 | 126 | #1,389 |
| 2015 | 111 | #1,491 |
| 2014 | 129 | #1,340 |
| 2013 | 101 | #1,557 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,466 |
| 2011 | 115 | #1,429 |
| 2010 | 105 | #1,536 |
| 2009 | 74 | #1,924 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
Names like Bronx
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Finnegan Brayden Kayden Brecken Cassian Braylen Raiden Declan Deacon Ronan Briggs
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, “Bronx: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bronx, updated 20 October 2026.