Bron
Bron is a name with a single cultural origin: Welsh.
- Welsh
Meaning & Origin of Bron
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bron is a name with a single cultural origin: Welsh.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Welsh
The Story of Bron
The earliest SSA record of Bron as a baby boy name dates back to 1951, when 5 babies received it. 1977 was its biggest year on record, with 18 newborns named Bron — #2,458 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Bron on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Bron last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 416 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Bron
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Bron. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Bron
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About the name Bron
Bron is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1951 and has accumulated 416 births in the dataset. Bron's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #2,458. Use the chart and map above to compare Bron's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.