Bruno

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bruno: Recorded since 1961, with a gap of 14 years, its highest recorded position is #243, and it stood at #454 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
93times a registrar ranked it
65years from first to last
#243highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Bruno's record

Absent from every published list for 14 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#898
1997	#874
1998	#738
1999	#906
2000	#503
2001	#883
2002	#586
2003	#586
2004	#555
2005	#544
2006	#443
2007	#487
2008	#453
2009	#581
2010	#660
2011	#576
2012	#473
2013	#479
2014	#442
2015	#390
2016	#412
2017	#421
2018	#377
2019	#384
2020	#402
2021	#425
2022	#450
2023	#478
2024	#486

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 40 of the 65 years from 1961 to 2025.

In 2025: #454 among boys in Norway, #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1961–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1961
First recorded at #462 among boys in Norway in 1961 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2025
Highest recorded position: #243 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2005–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #454 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Bruno appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 40 years beginning in 1961, and has registered 277 births with the name.

Bruno across 4 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.

Bruno'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
Norway · Boys	#462 (1961)	#288 (2022)	#454 (2025)	40 of 65	277 (1961–2025)	13 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#898 (1996)	#377 (2018)	#486 (2024)	29 of 29	1,935 (1996–2024)	117 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#448 (2005)	#243 (2023)	#577 (2025)	21 of 21	212 (2005–2025)	19 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#415 (2015)	#414 (2022)	#414 (2022)	2 of 8	6 (2015–2022)	3 (2015)

Bruno by decade in Norway · 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 Bruno in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	8	2 of 10	4
1970s	12	2 of 10	6
1980s	86	10 of 10	9
1990s	23	5 of 10	5
2000s	26	5 of 10	5
2010s	65	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	57	6 of 10	10

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Bruno 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 5 regions, from 1961 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #243 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Bruno'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	#486	81	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#478	84	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#450	90	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#425	98	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#402	102	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#384	113	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#377	117	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#421	104	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#412	102	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#390	109	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#442	91	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#479	80	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#473	83	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#576	61	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#660	48	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#581	56	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#453	79	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#487	67	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#443	73	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#544	49	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#555	46	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#586	38	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#586	34	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#883	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#503	39	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#906	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#738	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#874	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#898	16	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#454	5	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#393	7	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#297	13	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#288	13	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#317	10	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#336	9	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#491	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#442	6	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#468	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#451	6	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#379	9	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#341	11	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#410	8	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#438	7	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#534	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#494	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#466	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#440	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#491	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#521	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#539	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#559	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#564	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#576	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#534	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#523	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#526	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#442	9	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#427	9	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#493	7	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#534	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#381	11	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#374	11	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#386	11	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#396	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#530	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#475	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#529	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#485	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#462	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	18	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	15	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#296	15	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#356	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	19	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	13	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#508	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	12	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#432	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1961 and 2025, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #243, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 117 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 14 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 63 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.

Bruce · #15, 61y
Bruna · #856, 23y
Bryan · #64, 72y
Bryana · #2407, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Ayman · #233, 42y
Daria · #224, 47y
Leyla · #224, 50y
Benny · #221, 48y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aedin · #243, 30y
Davis · #243, 31y
Ines · #243, 51y
Michel · #243, 24y

Bruno was ranked #243 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2023. 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.

Bruno 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 Bruno without appearing here.

Bruno moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 1997 they stood at #874 and #874 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #738 and #1367.
Garry Compare
In 1999 they stood at #906 and #750 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #503 and #1048.
Ashleigh Compare
In 1999 they stood at #906 and #621 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #503 and #881.
Derek Compare
In 1999 they stood at #906 and #906 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #503 and #848.

Moved ahead of Bruno

Oskar Compare
In 2000 they stood at #503 and #527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #883 and #473.
Ollie Compare
In 2000 they stood at #503 and #673 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #883 and #482.
Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #453 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #581 and #311.
Stephen Compare
In 1984 they stood at #381 and #392 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #534 and #339.

Moved the opposite way to Bruno

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bruno went from #898 to #486 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bruno went from #898 to #486 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bruno went from #898 to #486 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bruno went from #898 to #486 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Bruno

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bruno went from #898 to #486 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bruno went from #898 to #486 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bruno went from #898 to #486 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bruno went from #898 to #486 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 5 regions, from 1961 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #243 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bruno

Bruno at a glance

What stands out in Bruno's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bruno across 4 official records

Bruno by decade in Norway · Boys

Bruno appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Bruno

Bruno and the names beside it

Bruno moved ahead of

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Bruno at a glance

What stands out in Bruno's record

Bruno across 4 official records

Bruno by decade in Norway · Boys

Bruno appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Bruno

Bruno and the names beside it

Bruno moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bruno

Moved the opposite way to Bruno

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