Bruce Name Popularity

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How popular is Bruce?

The somewhat popular name Bruce was the 478th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 500 contender has enjoyed a rank in the top 1000 since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began keeping records.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #25 in 1952.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1956 with 14,665 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Bruce in any given year was 34 in 1881.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Bruce occurred roughly during the years 1897-1900, 1906-1918, 1919-1924, 1925-1928, 1929-1942, and 1943-1952, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1956-1973, and 1988-1993.

Where is the name Bruce popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

Bruce's popularity has remained mostly unchanged for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Bruce has dropped.

The name Bruce still has a solid footing but has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Bruce is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Bruce (Girl)		Bruce (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	607	478
2017		< 5	--	719	429
2016		< 5	--	700	438
2015		< 5	--	762	406
2014		< 5	--	772	401
2013		< 5	--	707	418
2012		< 5	--	668	421
2011		< 5	--	574	468
2010		< 5	--	485	533
2009		< 5	--	586	466
2008		< 5	--	580	478
2007		< 5	--	636	439
2006		< 5	--	550	481
2005		< 5	--	489	504
2004		< 5	--	532	473
2003		< 5	--	509	485
2002		< 5	--	510	466
2001		< 5	--	579	424
2000		< 5	--	563	432
1999		< 5	--	588	407
1998		< 5	--	652	383
1997		< 5	--	630	383
1996		< 5	--	663	364
1995		5	13,734	665	362
1994		< 5	--	747	331
1993		< 5	--	822	321
1992		< 5	--	922	291
1991		6	11,701	1,039	261
1990		< 5	--	1,171	239
1989		< 5	--	1,212	222
1988		6	10,543	1,282	205
1987		8	8,090	1,304	198
1986		8	7,844	1,348	189
1985		16	4,653	1,412	183
1984		10	6,357	1,461	175
1983		11	5,864	1,441	178
1982		9	6,950	1,589	169
1981		7	8,220	1,633	164
1980		17	4,345	1,654	157
1979		12	5,455	1,714	152
1978		13	4,960	1,701	151
1977		13	4,964	1,702	148
1976		17	3,828	1,691	148
1975		9	6,021	1,790	140
1974		14	4,249	1,854	136
1973		15	3,991	1,912	134
1972		15	3,912	2,315	121
1971		22	3,072	2,972	109
1970		16	3,732	3,483	94
1969		18	3,211	4,043	72
1968		28	2,298	4,488	61
1967		19	2,878	5,069	55
1966		33	2,023	5,841	53
1965		26	2,345	6,325	50
1964		38	1,918	7,897	46
1963		33	2,064	9,281	43
1962		31	2,120	10,037	41
1961		30	2,156	10,713	40
1960		33	1,984	10,953	39
1959		37	1,824	11,907	38
1958		36	1,821	12,457	36
1957		30	1,990	13,871	34
1956		34	1,836	14,665	32
1955		34	1,810	14,078	32
1954		35	1,744	14,142	30
1953		32	1,762	14,046	28
1952		31	1,784	14,485	25
1951		35	1,613	14,085	26
1950		27	1,838	12,677	26
1949		33	1,633	12,264	26
1948		25	1,905	11,065	28
1947		25	1,953	10,525	29
1946		18	2,238	8,457	32
1945		14	2,348	5,613	48
1944		17	2,103	5,261	51
1943		20	1,955	5,431	51
1942		17	2,126	5,383	50
1941		13	2,416	4,299	51
1940		16	2,043	3,790	55
1939		7	3,472	3,233	64
1938		16	2,033	3,128	66
1937		14	2,208	2,808	70
1936		9	2,886	2,630	73
1935		8	3,184	2,448	77
1934		13	2,302	2,402	78
1933		11	2,561	2,036	92
1932		12	2,514	1,936	98
1931		9	3,004	1,790	101
1930		15	2,209	1,711	109
1929		12	2,601	1,616	112
1928		20	1,907	1,631	112
1927		13	2,570	1,458	124
1926		10	3,074	1,414	127
1925		7	4,083	1,353	130
1924		11	2,993	1,312	133
1923		13	2,603	1,224	135
1922		11	2,986	1,106	142
1921		13	2,649	1,070	146
1920		19	2,021	996	149
1919		12	2,664	880	151
1918		12	2,699	988	146
1917		6	4,161	805	156
1916		16	2,041	740	162
1915		7	3,479	663	172
1914		7	2,930	530	169
1913		6	2,873	390	175
1912		< 5	--	328	178
1911		5	2,515	155	197
1910		< 5	--	98	239
1909		< 5	--	122	184
1908		5	2,155	99	205
1907		< 5	--	89	213
1906		< 5	--	77	224
1905		< 5	--	85	205
1904		< 5	--	87	198
1903		< 5	--	67	220
1902		< 5	--	60	235
1901		< 5	--	65	211
1900		< 5	--	86	210
1899		< 5	--	66	200
1898		< 5	--	64	219
1897		< 5	--	58	224
1896		6	1,435	69	217
1895		5	1,624	66	212
1894		< 5	--	63	211
1893		< 5	--	64	212
1892		< 5	--	60	226
1891		< 5	--	50	227
1890		< 5	--	59	217
1889		< 5	--	62	206
1888		< 5	--	45	262
1887		< 5	--	44	241
1886		< 5	--	55	228
1885		< 5	--	56	213
1884		< 5	--	40	269
1883		< 5	--	50	216
1882		< 5	--	66	193
1881		< 5	--	34	270
1880		< 5	--	47	241

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.