Boys' name · since 1998
Bronze
Bronze has 120 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,199 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,443 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
120 babies have been named Bronze since 1998, making it today's #7443 boys' name.
Bronze has 120 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7443 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #16,199 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,443 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 120 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bronze ranks #16,199 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,443 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 120 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,199 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,443 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bronze's 120 recorded births place it above 64.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bronze compares
120 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bronze's all-time total is 67% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bronze | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 120 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bronze's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bronze splits its recorded history at 2019: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bronze popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Bronze popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2018 (Bronze as girls' name)
Bronze by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (69 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Bronze's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Bronze births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
30 births
- 2020s
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 69 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bronze: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1998–2025 (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 Bronze 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.