Girls' name · since 1942
Bronda
Since 1942, U.S. Social Security records show 174 babies named Bronda, peaking in 1960. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 174
- born since 1942
- 1960s
- peak decade
Bronda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 174 have been recorded since 1942.
Bronda has 174 recorded births among girls since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1971.
- #21,230 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 174 born since 1942
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bronda ranks #21,230 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 174 born since 1942, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 174
- born since 1942
- 1960s
- peak decade
Bronda's 174 recorded births place it above 70.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bronda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bronda's full recorded timeline at 1960, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1942, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bronda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1971
- Peak year (1960)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Bronda by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (83 births, 48% of the file).
1960s was Bronda's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Bronda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 21
1940s
21 births
- 1950s
1950s
55 births
- 1960s
1960s
83 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 83 births (48% of all-time use).
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What to do with Bronda's data
- Bronda's decade-level peak was the 1960s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bronda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1942–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bronda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.