Bruno

#740 for boys in 2025, 351 births

Peak · boys
#259
1915 · 348 births
Debut · boys
1880
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
18,875
since 1880

Bruno over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bruno has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #259, 1915boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#740351
2024#704381
2023#711373
2022#625448
2021#667406
2020#711352
2019#713344
2018#666379
2017#638404
2016#667386
2015#712349
2014#671381
2013#646379
2012#795284
2011#830261
2010#756297
2009#863245
2008#799274
2007#809263
2006#797258
2005#802239
2004#788229
2003#783224
2002#784220
2001#958160
2000#967156
1999#1,114119
1998#1,130112
1997#1,075118
1996#999125
1995#1,107105
1994#1,17894
1993#1,060109
1992#1,24682
1991#1,13094
1990#980115
1989#1,03799
1988#1,14577
1987#1,23462
1986#1,18864
1985#1,13367
1984#1,19858
1983#1,00677
1982#1,03976
1981#1,13365
1980#1,13364
1979#1,20657
1978#1,06666
1977#1,39043
1976#1,19052
1975#1,34542
1974#99368
1973#1,01463
1972#90578
1971#93376
1970#91776
1969#1,09750
1968#75696
1967#77489
1966#82778
1965#80386
1964#81585
1963#755105
1962#80888
1961#748106
1960#752105
1959#79493
1958#79688
1957#719108
1956#76293
1955#86273
1954#87670
1953#75988
1952#77083
1951#76683
1950#80671
1949#80373
1948#1,00149
1947#76481
1946#79370
1945#81758
1944#76167
1943#82863
1942#72279
1941#64490
1940#74168
1939#82954
1938#68378
1937#66580
1936#63085
1935#62987
1934#557112
1933#540111
1932#59698
1931#527121
1930#468160
1929#481149
1928#466170
1927#443190
1926#418209
1925#410211
1924#374261
1923#350286
1922#374261
1921#337311
1920#341292
1919#354261
1918#294348
1917#285328
1916#270353
1915#259348
1914#304219
1913#295180
1912#336127
1911#38554
1910#33754
1909#43633
1908#47527
1907#54020
1906#52319
1905#46323
1904#51518
1903#7839
1902#55615
1901#55913
1900#44626
1899#8577
1898#50517
1897#61512
1896#59213
1895#55614
1894#46418
1893#65010
1892#54714
1891#45615
1890#62910
1889#7897
1888#9176
1887#51612
1886#9595
1885#7657
1884#7647
1883—
1882#9435
1881#7816
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Bruno was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Bruno
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 36 spots since 2024 (#704 → #740)
  • 29 spots since 2020 (#711 → #740)
  • 28 spots since 2015 (#712 → #740)
  • Biggest jump: 443 spots in 1887 (#959 → #516)
  • Biggest drop: 401 spots in 1888 (#516 → #917)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1915 at #259 (348 births)
  • Births halved by 1928, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 119 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1884–1947
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,438
  • Highest: 1 in 2,438 boys born in 1915 were named Bruno (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,866 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 18.4% of all boys named Bruno (3,464) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s62#516 (1887)#798
1890s130#456 (1891)#587
1900s203#436 (1909)#530
1910s2,272#259 (1915)#312
1920s2,340#337 (1921)#399
1930s986#468 (1930)#612
1940s698#644 (1941)#787
1950s850#719 (1957)#791
1960s888#748 (1961)#814
1970s621#905 (1972)#1,096
1980s709#1,006 (1983)#1,125
1990s1,073#980 (1990)#1,102
2000s2,268#783 (2003)#835
2010s3,464#638 (2017)#709
2020s2,311#625 (2022)#693

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Bruno in 1886

boys
#959
5 births · 1 in 22,157 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #959Bruno5
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 22,157 of them was named Bruno, which outranked 13.6% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bruno
  1. #845Vivian6
  2. #845Wayland6
  3. #845Wells6
  4. #959Bruno5
  5. #959Acey5
  6. #959Adelbert5
  7. #959Alan5

Tied with 151 names at #959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 505Thornton#936 → #431
  2. ↑ 485Oswald#936 → #451
  3. ↑ 445Evans#936 → #491
  4. ↑ 396Grace#936 → #540
  5. ↑ 385Abel#836 → #451
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Adelbert#462 → #959
  2. ↓ 438Carey#521 → #959
  3. ↓ 412Santiago#547 → #959
  4. ↓ 382Brooks#577 → #959
  5. ↓ 355Alma#604 → #959

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886 →