Bruce
A boys’ name of Old French origin, meaning from Bruis in France.
Babies a year
714
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#536
up from #537
UK popularity
#856
37 babies
How Bruce has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #404 |
| 2016 | #440 |
| 2017 | #429 |
| 2018 | #478 |
| 2019 | #471 |
| 2020 | #499 |
| 2021 | #538 |
| 2022 | #563 |
| 2023 | #541 |
| 2024 | #537 |
| 2025 | #536 |
Bruce by the numbers
In 2025, 37 babies in England and Wales were named Bruce. In the US, 714 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 14,659 babies in 1956, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1950, about 1 in 140 American boys born that year was called Bruce.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bruce. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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