Bruna
Girl · BROO-nah · Germanic
Bruna is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brown”. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Bruna mean?
Germanic: Italian and Portuguese feminine of Bruno
“brown”
Feminine form of Bruno, from the Germanic word for 'brown'; used in Italy, Portugal and Brazil.
- Say it
- BROO-nah
Is Bruna a girl's or a boy's name?
Bruna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bruna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bruna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bruna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Bruna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 97% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Bruna, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1907.
Half of all the girls named Bruna in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bruna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 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 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,593 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,668 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,871 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,190 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,440 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,490 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,785 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,765 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,349 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,801 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,962 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
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