girls:
900 births since 1969
#4816 (16th percentile)
boys:
18 births since 1993
#4568 (0th percentile)
overall:
918 births since 1969
#6821 (12th percentile)
The name Bronte is the #6,821 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 918 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 11.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,816 (15.7% percentile) for all time with 900 births since 1969. For boys, it ranks #4,568 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 18 births since 1993.
Bronte first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Bronte is available in 34 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (34 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Bronte has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Bronte reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 14.7% percentile (ranked #733) with 65 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 65 births per million (ranked 14.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Bronte ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 7.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Bronte reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #773) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2000.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bronte".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Bronte. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.2% confident that Bronte is pronounced as BRAHN-tee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BRAHN-tay, at 29.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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