Bronagh

Girls' name

Sad, sorrowful, through Brónach

Bronagh has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2005. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2005, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Bronagh, 2005

1 in 769,000

Bronagh over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bronagh: meaning, origin, and history

Sad, sorrowful, through Brónach

Irish

What Bronagh means

Bronagh belongs to the name family reached through Bronagh → Brónach. Its meaning is “sad, sorrowful”.

Origin, language, and formation

Bronagh is used in English. Its origins include Irish.

Bronagh comes through Irish Brónach.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Brónach.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Bronagh between 2005 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2005; its best national rank was #16,933 in 2005.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Bronagh?

Bronagh had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2005, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2005: 1 in 769,000; 5 of 3,844,258 births
Among girls only: 1 in 369,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2005: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 532,928 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Bronagh sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2005 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 532,928 children born in 2005 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bronagh. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bronaghs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bronagh was born before 2005 — so the typical Bronagh is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Bronagh rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2005 (5)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #16,933; 2005

Bronagh around the world

Where Bronagh ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#5,927
in 2025
Scotland
1991–2024
#790
in 2024
Northern Ireland
1997–2024
#337
in 2024
Ireland
1965–2025
#352
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Central Statistics Office. ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0.

Bronagh by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #16,933; 2005
Peak year: 2005; 5 that year
First recorded: 2005
Last recorded: 2005
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Bronagh

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Bronica Brookly Brooksey Brooklon Bronze Bronxx Brookann Brogen Brookyln Broghan Brown Brookeann Bronwynn Brooklenn Brookllyn Bronti Brodee Brooxie Brookes Sheelagh Bronislava Bronnie Brooklan Leagh

Sibling names for Bronagh

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jaci Yahaira Pilar Anisa Jamya Yajaira Anjali Anneliese

For a brother

Johnpaul Jamarion Kenyon Paulo Yair Kadin Lavon Tye

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