Girls' name · since 1969
Bronte
Bronte has 914 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,995 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 914
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
Bronte sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 914 recorded since 1969.
Bronte has 914 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2024.
- #7,995 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 914 born since 1969
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bronte ranks #7,995 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 914 born since 1969, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,995 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 914
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
Bronte's 914 recorded births place it above 88.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Bronte's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bronte splits its recorded history at 2007: 21% of all births land in the more recent half, 79% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1969 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 131 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bronte popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2024
- Peak year (1992)
- 131
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Bronte popularity over time - boys
18 total births recorded since 1993 (Bronte as boys' name)
Bronte by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (548 births, 60% of the file).
1990s was Bronte's strongest decade.
548 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Bronte births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
548 births
- 2000s 203
2000s
203 births
- 2010s 106
2010s
106 births
- 2020s 51
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 548 births (60% of all-time use).
How Bronte compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Bronte's total volume
Bronte by state
Where Bronte concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 124 | 13.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 20 | 2.2% |
| #3 | Washington | | 12 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 8 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Colorado | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #6 | New York | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Hawaii | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.5% |
124 of 914 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Bronte appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Bronte's data
- Bronte's decade-level peak was the 1990s (548 total births); usage has since declined to 51 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Brontes (124 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bronte: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1969–2024 (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 Bronte 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.