Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Bruce

#90 most common boys' name of all time · #183 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#90
Rank overall
#183 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
388,275
Since 2016
5,984
Peak year
1956 #33
Best rank
#25 1952
Girls Boys peak 14,693/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Bruce is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 558 558 #536
2024 — 555 555 #536
2023 — 547 547 #542
2022 — 526 526 #563
2021 — 549 549 #535
2020 — 587 587 #498
2019 — 624 624 #471
2018 — 614 614 #473
2017 — 722 722 #429
2016 — 702 702 #440
2015 — 766 766 #404
2014 — 773 773 #401
2013 — 710 710 #417
2012 — 668 668 #422
2011 — 574 574 #469
2010 — 485 485 #533
2009 — 586 586 #466
2008 — 581 581 #478
2007 — 636 636 #439
2006 — 550 550 #481
2005 — 490 490 #504
2004 — 532 532 #474
2003 — 509 509 #486
2002 — 510 510 #467
2001 — 579 579 #424
2000 — 563 563 #432
1999 — 589 589 #407
1998 — 652 652 #383
1997 — 631 631 #383
1996 — 663 663 #364
1995 5 665 670 #362
1994 — 747 747 #331
1993 — 822 822 #321
1992 — 922 922 #291
1991 6 1,039 1,045 #261
1990 — 1,170 1,170 #239
1989 — 1,212 1,212 #222
1988 6 1,286 1,292 #205
1987 8 1,304 1,312 #199
1986 8 1,348 1,356 #189
1985 16 1,412 1,428 #183
1984 10 1,460 1,470 #175
1983 11 1,439 1,450 #178
1982 9 1,588 1,597 #169
1981 7 1,634 1,641 #164
1980 17 1,650 1,667 #157
1979 12 1,712 1,724 #152
1978 13 1,701 1,714 #151
1977 13 1,700 1,713 #148
1976 17 1,689 1,706 #148
1975 9 1,789 1,798 #140
1974 14 1,854 1,868 #136
1973 15 1,914 1,929 #134
1972 15 2,313 2,328 #121
1971 22 2,973 2,995 #109
1970 16 3,482 3,498 #94
1969 18 4,041 4,059 #72
1968 28 4,486 4,514 #61
1967 19 5,067 5,086 #55
1966 32 5,843 5,875 #53
1965 27 6,325 6,352 #50
1964 38 7,890 7,928 #46
1963 33 9,275 9,308 #43
1962 31 10,038 10,069 #41
1961 30 10,705 10,735 #40
1960 33 10,972 11,005 #39
1959 37 11,914 11,951 #38
1958 36 12,472 12,508 #36
1957 31 13,882 13,913 #34
1956 33 14,660 14,693 #33
1955 33 14,082 14,115 #32
1954 35 14,155 14,190 #30
1953 31 14,048 14,079 #28
1952 31 14,480 14,511 #25
1951 35 14,090 14,125 #26
1950 27 12,674 12,701 #26
1949 33 12,265 12,298 #26
1948 25 11,065 11,090 #28
1947 25 10,524 10,549 #29
1946 18 8,459 8,477 #32
1945 14 5,615 5,629 #48
1944 17 5,262 5,279 #51
1943 20 5,431 5,451 #51
1942 17 5,385 5,402 #50
1941 13 4,302 4,315 #51
1940 16 3,789 3,805 #55
1939 7 3,233 3,240 #64
1938 16 3,127 3,143 #66
1937 14 2,810 2,824 #70
1936 9 2,630 2,639 #73
1935 8 2,447 2,455 #77
1934 13 2,401 2,414 #78
1933 11 2,037 2,048 #92
1932 12 1,935 1,947 #98
1931 9 1,787 1,796 #101
1930 15 1,712 1,727 #109
1929 12 1,618 1,630 #112
1928 20 1,628 1,648 #113
1927 13 1,459 1,472 #124
1926 10 1,413 1,423 #127
1925 7 1,354 1,361 #130
1924 11 1,311 1,322 #133
1923 13 1,224 1,237 #135
1922 11 1,106 1,117 #142
1921 13 1,070 1,083 #146
1920 19 996 1,015 #149
1919 12 880 892 #151
1918 12 988 1,000 #146
1917 6 805 811 #156
1916 16 740 756 #162
1915 7 663 670 #172
1914 7 530 537 #170
1913 6 390 396 #175
1912 — 328 328 #178
1911 5 155 160 #197
1910 — 98 98 #239
1909 — 121 121 #185
1908 5 99 104 #205
1907 — 89 89 #213
1906 — 77 77 #224
1905 — 85 85 #206
1904 — 87 87 #199
1903 — 67 67 #222
1902 — 60 60 #237
1901 — 65 65 #211
1900 — 86 86 #212
1899 — 66 66 #201
1898 — 64 64 #221
1897 — 58 58 #227
1896 6 69 75 #218
1895 5 65 70 #216
1894 — 63 63 #214
1893 — 64 64 #213
1892 — 60 60 #227
1891 — 50 50 #227
1890 — 59 59 #216
1889 — 62 62 #206
1888 — 45 45 #265
1887 — 44 44 #241
1886 — 55 55 #229
1885 — 56 56 #215
1884 — 40 40 #269
1883 — 50 50 #217
1882 — 66 66 #196
1881 — 34 34 #270
1880 — 47 47 #241