Bronwen — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bronwen

The Social Security Administration has registered 862 babies named Bronwen between 1941 and 2022, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bronwen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bronwen performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 189 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Bronwen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bronwen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bronwen 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 862 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.