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Bronx

#1,133 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Bronx has been given to 2,529 babies in the U.S. since 2003. In 2025 it ranked #1,133 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 187 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Bronx, 2025

1 in 17,700

Bronx over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Bronx over time

In 2025, Bronx went to 4% girls and 96% boys.

20032025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Bronx: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bronx means

Bronx is a given name.

The naming story behind Bronx

Wikidata records Bronx as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q54949019, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,388 boys were recorded with the name Bronx between 2003 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 187 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,133 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,266 in 2020 to #1,133 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,495 in 2015 to #1,133 in 2025.

In the United States, 141 girls were recorded with the name Bronx between 2014 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 2020; its best national rank was #5,350 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,350 in 2020 to #12,141 in 2025.

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.

How common is Bronx?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 17,700
187 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 9,130
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,133
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
12,289 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bronx sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 12,289 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bronx. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bronxs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bronx was born before 2018 — so the typical Bronx is around 7 today.

Median birth year
2018
About 7 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
53.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,388
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 53.6% of all recorded uses (1,279).

Is Bronx 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
+158
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+133
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+362
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.68×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (187)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
42.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,133
2025

Spellings of Bronx

Bronx is not the most common spelling — Brent is, with 28.7% against Bronx's 0.49%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Bronx is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Bronx was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 2,128 boys, against 1 in 12,361 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

147 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 2,128
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 2,326
  3. 3Ohio1 in 5,263
  4. 4Michigan1 in 6,250
  5. 5Missouri1 in 6,667
  6. 6District of Columbia1 in 7,143
  7. 7Hawaii1 in 7,143
  8. 8Indiana1 in 7,143

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Bronx is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Bronx was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 580,767 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Bronx has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Bronx around the world

Where Bronx 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
    2023–2023
    #4,992
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2009–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Bronx by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,133
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 133
Best rank ever
#1,133
2025
Peak year
2025
187 that year
First recorded
2003
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,388
Count in 2025
187

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#12,141
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 6,791
Best rank ever
#5,350
2020
Peak year
2020
23 that year
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
141
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Bronx

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

BrookBrownBrodiBrodenBroganBrodeyBrolyBrodeeBrocBrookeBrodieBronBrooklynBrodrickBroncBrooxBrockBronsonBrodyBroncoBroadusBronzeBrodynBrooks

Names with a curve like Bronx

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Bronx, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

CaysenKruzCaiusZaylenBenaiahCashtonLyamJaxxKiyanZephyrAkselKarsyn

Sibling names for Bronx

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

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