Bruce
Boy · BROOS · French
Bruce is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 763rd for boys in the UK (50 babies) and 536th for boys in the US (558 babies).
What does Bruce mean?
French: Norman surname, probably from Brix in Normandy
Robert the Bruce secured Scottish independence at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
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Is Bruce a girl's or a boy's name?
Bruce is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 boys in the UK and 558 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bruce in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #763among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 6,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the UK were named Bruce, making it the 763rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 661st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 91 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bruce in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 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 856th in England and Wales, 333rd in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1944 (#92) and 1964 (#98).
Bruce in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #763 |
| 2024 | 38 | #899 |
| 2023 | 39 | #892 |
| 2022 | 53 | #715 |
| 2021 | 56 | #707 |
| 2020 | 58 | #661 |
| 2019 | 73 | #571 |
| 2018 | 79 | #548 |
| 2017 | 72 | #586 |
| 2016 | 91 | #497 |
| 2015 | 77 | #556 |
| 2014 | 68 | #591 |
| 2013 | 71 | #560 |
| 2012 | 51 | #718 |
| 2011 | 59 | #649 |
| 2010 | 74 | #527 |
| 2009 | 60 | #606 |
| 2008 | 55 | #633 |
| 2007 | 67 | #535 |
| 2006 | 42 | #712 |
| 2005 | 52 | #569 |
| 2004 | 64 | #469 |
| 2003 | 47 | #556 |
| 2002 | 34 | #642 |
| 2001 | 41 | #542 |
| 2000 | 62 | #407 |
| 1999 | 63 | #397 |
| 1998 | 72 | #367 |
| 1997 | 66 | #394 |
| 1996 | 71 | #360 |
How popular is Bruce in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #536among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 558about 1 in 3,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 558 boys in the US were named Bruce, making it the 536th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 498th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 14,660 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Bruce than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Bruce in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bruce in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 558 | #536 |
| 2024 | 555 | #536 |
| 2023 | 547 | #542 |
| 2022 | 526 | #563 |
| 2021 | 549 | #535 |
| 2020 | 587 | #498 |
| 2019 | 624 | #471 |
| 2018 | 614 | #473 |
| 2017 | 722 | #429 |
| 2016 | 702 | #440 |
| 2015 | 766 | #404 |
| 2014 | 773 | #401 |
| 2013 | 710 | #417 |
| 2012 | 668 | #422 |
| 2011 | 574 | #469 |
| 2010 | 485 | #533 |
| 2009 | 586 | #466 |
| 2008 | 581 | #478 |
| 2007 | 636 | #439 |
| 2006 | 550 | #481 |
| 2005 | 490 | #504 |
| 2004 | 532 | #474 |
| 2003 | 509 | #486 |
| 2002 | 510 | #467 |
| 2001 | 579 | #424 |
| 2000 | 563 | #432 |
| 1999 | 589 | #407 |
| 1998 | 652 | #383 |
| 1997 | 631 | #383 |
| 1996 | 663 | #364 |
| 1995 | 665 | #362 |
| 1994 | 747 | #331 |
| 1993 | 822 | #321 |
| 1992 | 922 | #291 |
| 1991 | 1,039 | #261 |
| 1990 | 1,170 | #239 |
| 1989 | 1,212 | #222 |
| 1988 | 1,286 | #205 |
| 1987 | 1,304 | #199 |
| 1986 | 1,348 | #189 |
| 1985 | 1,412 | #183 |
| 1984 | 1,460 | #175 |
| 1983 | 1,439 | #178 |
| 1982 | 1,588 | #169 |
| 1981 | 1,634 | #164 |
| 1980 | 1,650 | #157 |
| 1979 | 1,712 | #152 |
| 1978 | 1,701 | #151 |
| 1977 | 1,700 | #148 |
| 1976 | 1,689 | #148 |
| 1975 | 1,789 | #140 |
| 1974 | 1,854 | #136 |
| 1973 | 1,914 | #134 |
| 1972 | 2,313 | #121 |
| 1971 | 2,973 | #108 |
| 1970 | 3,482 | #94 |
| 1969 | 4,041 | #72 |
| 1968 | 4,486 | #61 |
| 1967 | 5,067 | #55 |
| 1966 | 5,843 | #53 |
| 1965 | 6,325 | #50 |
| 1964 | 7,890 | #46 |
| 1963 | 9,275 | #43 |
| 1962 | 10,038 | #41 |
| 1961 | 10,705 | #40 |
| 1960 | 10,972 | #39 |
| 1959 | 11,914 | #38 |
| 1958 | 12,472 | #36 |
| 1957 | 13,882 | #34 |
| 1956 | 14,660 | #33 |
| 1955 | 14,082 | #32 |
| 1954 | 14,155 | #30 |
| 1953 | 14,048 | #28 |
| 1952 | 14,480 | #25 |
| 1951 | 14,090 | #26 |
| 1950 | 12,674 | #26 |
| 1949 | 12,265 | #26 |
| 1948 | 11,065 | #28 |
| 1947 | 10,524 | #29 |
| 1946 | 8,459 | #32 |
| 1945 | 5,615 | #48 |
| 1944 | 5,262 | #51 |
| 1943 | 5,431 | #51 |
| 1942 | 5,385 | #50 |
| 1941 | 4,302 | #51 |
| 1940 | 3,789 | #55 |
| 1939 | 3,233 | #64 |
| 1938 | 3,127 | #66 |
| 1937 | 2,810 | #70 |
| 1936 | 2,630 | #73 |
| 1935 | 2,447 | #77 |
| 1934 | 2,401 | #78 |
| 1933 | 2,037 | #91 |
| 1932 | 1,935 | #98 |
| 1931 | 1,787 | #101 |
| 1930 | 1,712 | #109 |
| 1929 | 1,618 | #112 |
| 1928 | 1,628 | #112 |
| 1927 | 1,459 | #123 |
| 1926 | 1,413 | #127 |
| 1925 | 1,354 | #130 |
| 1924 | 1,311 | #133 |
| 1923 | 1,224 | #135 |
| 1922 | 1,106 | #142 |
| 1921 | 1,070 | #146 |
| 1920 | 996 | #149 |
| 1919 | 880 | #151 |
| 1918 | 988 | #146 |
| 1917 | 805 | #156 |
| 1916 | 740 | #162 |
| 1915 | 663 | #171 |
| 1914 | 530 | #169 |
| 1913 | 390 | #175 |
| 1912 | 328 | #178 |
| 1911 | 155 | #197 |
| 1910 | 98 | #239 |
| 1909 | 121 | #185 |
| 1908 | 99 | #204 |
| 1907 | 89 | #213 |
| 1906 | 77 | #224 |
| 1905 | 85 | #205 |
| 1904 | 87 | #198 |
| 1903 | 67 | #220 |
| 1902 | 60 | #234 |
| 1901 | 65 | #211 |
| 1900 | 86 | #210 |
| 1899 | 66 | #200 |
| 1898 | 64 | #219 |
| 1897 | 58 | #222 |
| 1896 | 69 | #216 |
| 1895 | 65 | #213 |
| 1894 | 63 | #211 |
| 1893 | 64 | #212 |
| 1892 | 60 | #226 |
| 1891 | 50 | #227 |
| 1890 | 59 | #216 |
| 1889 | 62 | #205 |
| 1888 | 45 | #262 |
| 1887 | 44 | #241 |
| 1886 | 55 | #228 |
| 1885 | 56 | #213 |
| 1884 | 40 | #269 |
| 1883 | 50 | #215 |
| 1882 | 66 | #193 |
| 1881 | 34 | #270 |
| 1880 | 47 | #241 |
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