Bronson

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bronson: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bronson: Recorded since 1996, it reached #616 in 2012, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#616highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1998	#2074
2000	#2142
2001	#3134
2002	#2636
2003	#2470
2004	#1596
2005	#2418
2006	#3385
2008	#2276
2009	#1859
2010	#2036
2011	#2194
2012	#1589
2013	#1462
2014	#1819
2015	#1511
2016	#1804
2017	#1627
2018	#4749
2019	#2104
2020	#2960
2021	#3017
2022	#2755
2023	#4991
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2012: #616 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1589 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Bronson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bronson in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000s	56	9 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	119	10 of 10	12
2020s	26	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bronson appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #616 in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

Bronson's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1511	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #616, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 16 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Gustavo · #616, 22y
Yann · #616, 22y
Maaz · #615, 26y
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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Gustavo · #616, 22y
Kaelem · #616, 16y
Kallan · #616, 20y
Yann · #616, 22y

Bronson was ranked #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Bronson and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bronson without appearing here.

Bronson moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4749 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #4608.
Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3385 and #1892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #3687.
Morten Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3385 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #3687.
Tor Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2960 and #2960 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3017 and #3990.

Moved ahead of Bronson

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1461.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1627 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #1382.
Arne Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #2160.
Daithi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #3112.

Moved the opposite way to Bronson

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bronson went from #2020 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bronson went from #2020 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bronson went from #2020 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bronson went from #2020 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Bronson

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bronson went from #2020 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bronson went from #2020 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bronson went from #2020 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bronson went from #2020 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #616 in Republic of Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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