Bruce

Where Bruce comes from

From a Norman place name, Brix, of disputed meaning.
— Wiktionary's entry for Bruce
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #241 among boys — 47 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1940
    Bruce Lee born
    Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor
  3. 1949
    Bruce Springsteen born
    American rock singer
  4. 1952
    Peak, #25
    14,480 babies named Bruce — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #50.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Bruce Lee · Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor, 1940–1973
  • Bruce Springsteen · American rock singer, born 1949
  • Bruce Dickinson · English heavy metal singer, born 1958
  • Bruce Beutler · American immunologist and geneticist, born 1957
  • Bruce Campbell · American actor, born 1958

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.