girls:
118 births since 2014
#5598 (2nd percentile)
boys:
2k births since 2003
#2777 (39th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 2003
#5627 (27th percentile)
The name Bronx is the #5,627 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,161 recorded births since 2003. This represents the 27.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,777 (39.4% percentile) for all time with 2,043 births since 2003. For girls, it ranks #5,598 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 118 births since 2014.
Bronx first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2003 (2003 for boys and 2014 for girls). Birth data for Bronx is available in 20 out of the 21 years between 2003 and 2023 (20 years for boys and 9 years for girls). 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 Bronx has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.2% of babies named Bronx were boys.
For boys, Bronx reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 19.5% percentile (ranked #744) with 99 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 99 births per million (ranked 19.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Bronx ranks #752 for boys (17.5% percentile) with 90 births per million, which is 90.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Bronx reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #922) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 13 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Bronx ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 52.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bronx".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Bronx. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.2% confident that Bronx is pronounced as brahngks, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is brahngks, at 14.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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