Bronx

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 163 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
163
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Bronx by the numbers

Bronx was given to 163 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Bronx

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bronx. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Bronc9 in the US (2017)
  • Broox8 in the US (2017)
  • Bron7 in the US (2017)
  • Bronn6 in the US (2017)
  • Brodyditch or muddy place491 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Brockbadger or brook547 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Bronx

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