Girls' name · since 1940
Bronna
Since 1940, U.S. Social Security records show 38 babies named Bronna, peaking in 1940. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #38,097 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1940
- 1940s
- peak decade
38 girls have been named Bronna since 1940, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Bronna has 38 recorded births among girls since 1940, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 1964.
- #38,097 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 38 born since 1940
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bronna ranks #38,097 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1940, peaking in the 1940s.
- #38,097 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1940
- 1940s
- peak decade
Bronna's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bronna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bronna splits its recorded history at 1952: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1947 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1940 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bronna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1964
- Peak year (1940)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Bronna by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (16 births, 42% of the file).
1940s was Bronna's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Bronna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
16 births
- 1950s
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 16 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Bronna's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 1960s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bronna: 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 (~24 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, 1940–1964 (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 Bronna 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.