# Bronson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bronson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “a man named brown's” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Bron |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,693 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,693 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 220, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 283 | 787 |
| 2012 | 298 | 766 |
| 2013 | 356 | 676 |
| 2014 | 355 | 699 |
| 2015 | 386 | 667 |
| 2016 | 343 | 712 |
| 2017 | 354 | 695 |
| 2018 | 342 | 711 |
| 2019 | 296 | 785 |
| 2020 | 267 | 854 |
| 2021 | 270 | 864 |
| 2022 | 240 | 947 |
| 2023 | 197 | 1,090 |
| 2024 | 215 | 1,035 |
| 2025 | 211 | 1,046 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,511 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Bronson

- Amos Bronson Alcott, American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer (1799-1888)
- Bronson Pinchot, American actor
- Bronson Rechsteiner, American professional wrestler and football player (born 1997)
- Bronson Pelletier, Canadian actor
- Bronson Arroyo, baseball player from the United States
- Bronson M. Cutting, American politician (1888–1935)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.