Bronson

Boy name

Bronson has been given to 10,693 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It peaked in 2015.

Meaning & origin

From Middle English Brun (“a man named Brown's”) + son.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

10,693

Peak year

2015 (386 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1913

10-year trend

▼ -45%

Gender split

All boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Bronson.

10,494 babies since 1998

10,911 babies since 1880

10,421 babies since 1880

10,386 babies since 1880

11,026 babies since 1880

11,027 babies since 1960

11,035 babies since 1997

10,337 babies since 1916

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