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Bruce

Pronounced /bɹuːs/

Rank in 2024
#540
Born in 2024
553
Peak year
1956 · #33
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 553 boys were named Bruce, about 1 in every 3,102.
  • It peaked in 1956 with 14,660 babies, ranked #33.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 386,313 boys have been named Bruce since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Bruce per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 1.0
    Greatest
  2. 2.8
    Silent
  3. 6.1
    Boomers
  4. 1.8
    Gen X
  5. 0.6
    Millennials
  6. 0.3
    Gen Z
  7. 0.4
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 16,260 babies, 0.97 per 1,000. Silent: 57,148 babies, 2.77 per 1,000. Boomers: 227,646 babies, 6.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 48,540 babies, 1.78 per 1,000. Millennials: 18,713 babies, 0.61 per 1,000. Gen Z: 9,135 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,668 babies, 0.35 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From a Norman place name, Brix, of disputed meaning.

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/bɹuːs/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Bruce, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyCooling

    Bryce

    Rank
    #297
    Born '24
    1,127
    Origin
    Celtic
    1880peak 20002024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Brice

    Rank
    #2,465
    Born '24
    56
    Origin
    Celtic
    1880peak 19892024