Bron — #8400 US boys' name
416 babies named Bron in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to boys today.
27% of everyone ever named Bron was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Bron in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bron
The Social Security Administration has registered 416 babies named Bron between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bron currently holds the #8400 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bron performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Bron shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bron in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bron in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 416 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Bron at a glance
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Current rank
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Bron popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1951
- Peak year (1977)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
Currently ranks #8400 among boys.
416 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 18 births in a single year.
Bron by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 112 births that decade — 27% of Bron's all-time total
Bron decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Bron's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Bron by state
Where Bron concentrates geographically — total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 416 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1951–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.