How Many People Are Named Bruno?
people named Bruno are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 28,524 people in the US has this name
Based on 18,875 babies named Bruno in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
448 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from the Germanic element brun "armour, protection" or brun "brown". Saint Bruno of Cologne was a German monk of the 11th century who founded the Carthusian Order. The surname has belonged Giordano Bruno, a philosopher burned at the stake by the Inquisition.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bruno in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bruno alive today is about 25 years old, and 70% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bruno first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2022, to 448 babies. In 2025, 351 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bruno has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #259, in 1915. In 2025 it ranked #740.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #740 |
| Best rank | #259 (1915) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #696 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bruno alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bruno were born in California than in any other state: about 2,253 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bruno was given 2.9 times as often in Illinois, 2.1 times in New Jersey and 1.9 times in California.
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