Bronwen

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Bronwen: Recorded since 1970, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #339 in 2002, and it stood at #1,491 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#339highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Bronwen's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#549
1997	#551
1998	#552
1999	#580
2000	#728
2001	#685
2002	#842
2003	#799
2004	#1043
2005	#1012
2006	#1243
2007	#1160
2008	#1641
2009	#1083
2010	#1731
2011	#1729
2012	#1387
2013	#1484
2014	#1411
2015	#1452
2016	#2120
2017	#1411
2018	#1788
2019	#1439
2020	#2300
2021	#1866
2022	#2673
2023	#1959
2024	#1491

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2002: #339 among girls in Northern Ireland, #842 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1970–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1970
First recorded at #396 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1491 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Bronwen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 719 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1970.

Bronwen across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Bronwen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#549 (1996)	#549 (1996)	#1491 (2024)	29 of 29	719 (1996–2024)	49 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#396 (1970)	#396 (1970)	#576 (1997)	3 of 28	10 (1970–1997)	4 (1970)

Bronwen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Bronwen in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	188	4 of 10	47
2000sbusiest	268	10 of 10	27
2010s	193	10 of 10	19
2020s	70	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 27 births a year.

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

Bronwen 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 3 regions, from 1970 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #339 in Northern Ireland in 2002.

Bronwen'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	female	#1491	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1439	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1411	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1452	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1411	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1484	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1387	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1083	29	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1160	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1243	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1012	25	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1043	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#799	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#842	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#685	37	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#728	32	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#580	47	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#552	49	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#551	47	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#549	45	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1970 and 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #339, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Bronson · #616, 26y
Bronte · #92, 30y
Bronwyn · #49, 70y
Brook · #527, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Carley · #339, 30y
Julianna · #339, 34y
Larissa · #339, 35y
Mariah · #339, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Hadi · #340, 41y
Nichole · #340, 28y
Florian · #342, 44y
Harriett · #336, 30y

Bronwen was ranked #339 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2002. 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.

Bronwen 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 Bronwen without appearing here.

Bronwen moved ahead of

Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1491 and #3695.
Tayla Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #1774 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1491 and #3318.
Karen Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #1773 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1866 and #3192.
Tyler Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1729 and #1665 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1387 and #2521.

Moved ahead of Bronwen

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1439 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #1313.
Aria Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1083 and #1248 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1731 and #773.
Harper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1083 and #1171 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1731 and #930.
Martina Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1083 and #1171 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1731 and #965.

Moved the opposite way to Bronwen

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bronwen went from #549 to #1491 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bronwen went from #549 to #1491 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bronwen went from #549 to #1491 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bronwen went from #549 to #1491 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Bronwen

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bronwen went from #549 to #1491 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bronwen went from #549 to #1491 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bronwen went from #549 to #1491 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bronwen went from #549 to #1491 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 3 regions, from 1970 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #339 in Northern Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bronwen

Bronwen at a glance

What stands out in Bronwen's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bronwen across 2 official records

Bronwen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What stands out in Bronwen's record

Bronwen across 2 official records

Bronwen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Bronwen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Bronwen

Bronwen and the names beside it

Bronwen moved ahead of

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