Bruno
Bruno was given to 351 boys in 2025, #740 among boys’ names; 18,875 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,900 Americans named Bruno and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (63% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 8 and 36.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bruno by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Bruno mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Bruno is “a male given name from the Germanic languages.” Its etymology gives the sense “brown” (brūn).
From Italian, German etc continental European Bruno, name of medieval Italian and German saints and royalty, Latinized form of Old High German brūn (“brown”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn. The surname is mostly borrowed from Italian Bruno. Doublet of Brown.
/ˈbɹunoʊ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Bruno?
#740 among boys’ names, 2025
Bruno fell from #712 in 2015 to #740 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 0.18 to 0.21 per 1,000.
448 babies in 2022, the peak
Bruno peaked in 2022, when 448 boys were given it, #625 among boys’ names. The 351 births of 2025 are 78% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 351 | #740 | 0.21 |
| 2024 | 381 | #704 | 0.22 |
| 2023 | 373 | #711 | 0.22 |
| 2022 | 448 | #625 | 0.26 |
| 2021 | 406 | #667 | 0.23 |
| 2020 | 352 | #712 | 0.20 |
| 2019 | 344 | #713 | 0.19 |
| 2018 | 379 | #667 | 0.21 |
| 2017 | 404 | #638 | 0.22 |
| 2016 | 386 | #667 | 0.20 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 349 | #712 | 0.18 |
| 2014 | 381 | #671 | 0.20 |
| 2013 | 379 | #646 | 0.20 |
| 2012 | 284 | #795 | 0.15 |
| 2011 | 261 | #830 | 0.14 |
| 2010 | 297 | #756 | 0.15 |
| 2009 | 245 | #863 | 0.12 |
| 2008 | 274 | #799 | 0.13 |
| 2007 | 263 | #809 | 0.13 |
| 2006 | 258 | #797 | 0.13 |
| 2005 | 239 | #802 | 0.12 |
| 2004 | 229 | #788 | 0.12 |
| 2003 | 224 | #782 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 220 | #784 | 0.11 |
| 2001 | 160 | #959 | 0.08 |
| 2000 | 156 | #965 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 119 | #1,112 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 112 | #1,127 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 118 | #1,073 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 125 | #998 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 105 | #1,105 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,174 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 109 | #1,056 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 82 | #1,242 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 94 | #1,125 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 115 | #976 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 99 | #1,035 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 77 | #1,143 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 62 | #1,235 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 64 | #1,189 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,134 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,199 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 77 | #1,007 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 76 | #1,039 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,134 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 64 | #1,133 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,208 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 66 | #1,067 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 43 | #1,393 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 42 | #1,346 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 68 | #995 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,014 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 78 | #905 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 76 | #934 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 76 | #917 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 50 | #1,097 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 96 | #758 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 89 | #775 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 78 | #828 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 86 | #803 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 85 | #815 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 105 | #755 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 88 | #808 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 106 | #748 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 105 | #751 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 93 | #793 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 88 | #795 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 108 | #718 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 93 | #761 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 73 | #862 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 70 | #877 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 88 | #758 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 83 | #769 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 83 | #765 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 71 | #805 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 73 | #802 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,001 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 81 | #764 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 70 | #793 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 58 | #820 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 67 | #762 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 63 | #829 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 79 | #723 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 90 | #644 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 68 | #742 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 54 | #831 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 78 | #683 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 80 | #665 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 85 | #630 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 87 | #630 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 112 | #558 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 111 | #540 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 98 | #596 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 121 | #527 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 160 | #468 | 0.15 |
| 1929 | 149 | #481 | 0.14 |
| 1928 | 170 | #466 | 0.15 |
| 1927 | 190 | #443 | 0.17 |
| 1926 | 209 | #418 | 0.19 |
| 1925 | 211 | #410 | 0.19 |
| 1924 | 261 | #374 | 0.23 |
| 1923 | 286 | #350 | 0.26 |
| 1922 | 261 | #374 | 0.24 |
| 1921 | 311 | #337 | 0.28 |
| 1920 | 292 | #341 | 0.27 |
| 1919 | 261 | #354 | 0.27 |
| 1918 | 348 | #294 | 0.34 |
| 1917 | 328 | #285 | 0.35 |
| 1916 | 353 | #270 | 0.40 |
| 1915 | 348 | #259 | 0.41 |
| 1914 | 219 | #304 | 0.33 |
| 1913 | 180 | #295 | 0.35 |
| 1912 | 127 | #336 | 0.30 |
| 1911 | 54 | #385 | 0.24 |
| 1910 | 54 | #338 | 0.28 |
| 1909 | 33 | #437 | 0.20 |
| 1908 | 27 | #476 | 0.17 |
| 1907 | 20 | #544 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 19 | #524 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 23 | #465 | 0.17 |
| 1904 | 18 | #521 | 0.14 |
| 1903 | 9 | #793 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 15 | #559 | 0.12 |
| 1901 | 13 | #567 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 26 | #446 | 0.17 |
| 1899 | 7 | #869 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 17 | #509 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 12 | #622 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 13 | #600 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 14 | #559 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 18 | #467 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 10 | #661 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 14 | #550 | 0.11 |
| 1891 | 15 | #457 | 0.15 |
| 1890 | 10 | #635 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 7 | #808 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 6 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 12 | #521 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 5 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 7 | #773 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 7 | #781 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 5 | #958 | 0.04 |
| 1881 | 6 | #797 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 7 | #756 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Bruno a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Bruno has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 145 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Bruno: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bruno, and how old are they?
11,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 63% of the 18,875 Americans ever recorded as Bruno. The median Bruno alive today is 17 years old; half are between 8 and 36.
The 2020 Census counted 18,245 people named Bruno (61 women and girls, 18,184 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,223 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 266 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,080 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 951 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,410 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,900 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Bruno born?
The states with the most babies named Bruno are Texas, California and Florida, with 51% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 54 | #578 | 1.6× |
| California | 53 | #565 | 1.5× |
| Florida | 47 | #414 | 1.2× |
| New York | 17 | #802 | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 14 | #643 | 2.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | #670 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 13 | #716 | 0.3× |
| Arizona | 12 | #564 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 9 | #879 | 0.3× |
| Kentucky | 8 | #530 | 0.1× |
Where Bruno is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Bruno is most over-represented in Illinois: since 1910 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Bruno with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Bruno
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Bruno and names like it
- Compare Bruno and BenedictBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sBruno peaked in 2022.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bruno since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Bruno: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2022The year the most babies were named Bruno.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Bruno alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with BMost given first.