# Bronwyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bronwyn/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,729 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,729 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,084, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Bronwen.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 57 | 2,994 |
| 2012 | 52 | 3,175 |
| 2013 | 48 | 3,326 |
| 2014 | 50 | 3,237 |
| 2015 | 44 | 3,541 |
| 2016 | 54 | 3,066 |
| 2017 | 46 | 3,398 |
| 2018 | 64 | 2,692 |
| 2019 | 46 | 3,402 |
| 2020 | 44 | 3,457 |
| 2021 | 40 | 3,747 |
| 2022 | 54 | 3,043 |
| 2023 | 42 | 3,648 |
| 2024 | 44 | 3,524 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,916 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 817 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,342 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,400 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,411 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,618 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,230 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,271 |

## People named Bronwyn

- Bronwyn Bancroft, Australian artist, administrator and book illustrator (born 1958)
- Bronwyn Eagles, Australian athletics competitor
- Bronwyn Thompson, Australian long jumper
- Bronwyn Mayer, Australian water polo player
- Bronwyn Bishop, Australian politician and former Speaker of the House
- Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (1959–2006)

## 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.