Bronco — #7304 US boys' name
119 babies named Bronco in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Bronco was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Bronco in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bronco
The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Bronco between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bronco currently holds the #7304 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bronco performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Bronco shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bronco in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bronco 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 119 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.
Bronco at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bronco popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1960
- Peak year (2022)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
Currently ranks #7304 among boys.
119 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 15 births in a single year.
Bronco by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 54 births that decade — 45% of Bronco's all-time total
Bronco decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Bronco's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Bronco by state
Where Bronco concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 6 | 5.0% |
6 of 119 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 5.0% 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, 1960–2024 (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.