Is Bruce a boy or girl name?
Bruce is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 553 boys were named Bruce, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.4% of the 387,708 US babies named Bruce were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #537
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Bruce since 1880
- 387,708
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 14,693 babies
Boys and girls named Bruce, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 499 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 618 | 11 | 1.7% |
| 1900s | 836 | 5 | 0.6% |
| 1910s | 5,577 | 71 | 1.3% |
| 1920s | 13,179 | 129 | 1% |
| 1930s | 24,119 | 114 | 0.5% |
| 1940s | 72,096 | 198 | 0.3% |
| 1950s | 136,459 | 329 | 0.2% |
| 1960s | 74,637 | 289 | 0.4% |
| 1970s | 21,127 | 146 | 0.7% |
| 1980s | 14,335 | 92 | 0.6% |
| 1990s | 7,900 | 11 | 0.1% |
| 2000s | 5,536 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 6,634 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 2,761 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 553 | #537 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 547 | #541 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 526 | #563 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 548 | #536 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 587 | #498 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 624 | #471 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 612 | #475 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 721 | #429 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 702 | #440 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 765 | #404 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 773 | #401 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 710 | #416 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 668 | #422 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 574 | #469 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 485 | #533 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 586 | #466 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 581 | #478 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 636 | #439 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 550 | #481 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 490 | #504 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 532 | #474 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 509 | #486 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 510 | #467 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 579 | #424 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 563 | #432 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 589 | #407 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 652 | #383 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 631 | #383 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 663 | #364 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 665 | #362 | 5 | #13,736 |
| 1994 | 747 | #331 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 822 | #321 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 922 | #291 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 1,039 | #261 | 6 | #11,704 |
| 1990 | 1,170 | #239 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 1,212 | #222 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 1,286 | #205 | 6 | #10,542 |
| 1987 | 1,304 | #199 | 8 | #8,091 |
| 1986 | 1,348 | #189 | 8 | #7,846 |
| 1985 | 1,412 | #183 | 16 | #4,653 |
| 1984 | 1,460 | #175 | 10 | #6,360 |
| 1983 | 1,440 | #178 | 11 | #5,865 |
| 1982 | 1,589 | #169 | 9 | #6,953 |
| 1981 | 1,634 | #164 | 7 | #8,225 |
| 1980 | 1,650 | #157 | 17 | #4,347 |
| 1979 | 1,712 | #152 | 12 | #5,459 |
| 1978 | 1,701 | #151 | 13 | #4,962 |
| 1977 | 1,700 | #148 | 13 | #4,967 |
| 1976 | 1,690 | #148 | 17 | #3,828 |
| 1975 | 1,789 | #140 | 9 | #6,021 |
| 1974 | 1,854 | #136 | 14 | #4,248 |
| 1973 | 1,914 | #134 | 15 | #3,993 |
| 1972 | 2,313 | #121 | 15 | #3,913 |
| 1971 | 2,972 | #109 | 22 | #3,073 |
| 1970 | 3,482 | #94 | 16 | #3,733 |
| 1969 | 4,043 | #72 | 18 | #3,211 |
| 1968 | 4,486 | #61 | 28 | #2,302 |
| 1967 | 5,066 | #55 | 19 | #2,879 |
| 1966 | 5,843 | #53 | 32 | #2,063 |
| 1965 | 6,325 | #50 | 27 | #2,302 |
| 1964 | 7,893 | #46 | 38 | #1,920 |
| 1963 | 9,273 | #43 | 33 | #2,064 |
| 1962 | 10,038 | #41 | 31 | #2,120 |
| 1961 | 10,704 | #40 | 30 | #2,156 |
| 1960 | 10,966 | #39 | 33 | #1,983 |
| 1959 | 11,912 | #38 | 37 | #1,824 |
| 1958 | 12,475 | #36 | 36 | #1,822 |
| 1957 | 13,882 | #34 | 31 | #1,957 |
| 1956 | 14,660 | #33 | 33 | #1,872 |
| 1955 | 14,083 | #32 | 33 | #1,844 |
| 1954 | 14,155 | #30 | 35 | #1,743 |
| 1953 | 14,048 | #28 | 31 | #1,787 |
| 1952 | 14,480 | #25 | 31 | #1,785 |
| 1951 | 14,090 | #26 | 35 | #1,613 |
| 1950 | 12,674 | #26 | 27 | #1,838 |
| 1949 | 12,265 | #26 | 33 | #1,633 |
| 1948 | 11,065 | #28 | 25 | #1,905 |
| 1947 | 10,524 | #29 | 25 | #1,953 |
| 1946 | 8,459 | #32 | 18 | #2,238 |
| 1945 | 5,615 | #48 | 14 | #2,348 |
| 1944 | 5,262 | #51 | 17 | #2,104 |
| 1943 | 5,430 | #51 | 20 | #1,955 |
| 1942 | 5,385 | #50 | 17 | #2,125 |
| 1941 | 4,302 | #51 | 13 | #2,416 |
| 1940 | 3,789 | #55 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1939 | 3,233 | #64 | 7 | #3,472 |
| 1938 | 3,127 | #66 | 16 | #2,031 |
| 1937 | 2,809 | #70 | 14 | #2,208 |
| 1936 | 2,630 | #73 | 9 | #2,886 |
| 1935 | 2,447 | #77 | 8 | #3,184 |
| 1934 | 2,401 | #78 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1933 | 2,037 | #91 | 11 | #2,561 |
| 1932 | 1,935 | #98 | 12 | #2,514 |
| 1931 | 1,787 | #101 | 9 | #3,005 |
| 1930 | 1,713 | #109 | 15 | #2,211 |
| 1929 | 1,618 | #112 | 12 | #2,600 |
| 1928 | 1,628 | #112 | 20 | #1,908 |
| 1927 | 1,459 | #124 | 13 | #2,570 |
| 1926 | 1,413 | #127 | 10 | #3,074 |
| 1925 | 1,354 | #130 | 7 | #4,084 |
| 1924 | 1,311 | #133 | 11 | #2,994 |
| 1923 | 1,224 | #135 | 13 | #2,603 |
| 1922 | 1,106 | #142 | 11 | #2,987 |
| 1921 | 1,070 | #146 | 13 | #2,649 |
| 1920 | 996 | #149 | 19 | #2,021 |
| 1919 | 880 | #151 | 12 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 988 | #146 | 12 | #2,699 |
| 1917 | 805 | #156 | 6 | #4,161 |
| 1916 | 740 | #162 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1915 | 663 | #172 | 7 | #3,479 |
| 1914 | 530 | #169 | 7 | #2,930 |
| 1913 | 390 | #175 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 1912 | 328 | #178 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 155 | #197 | 5 | #2,515 |
| 1910 | 98 | #239 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 121 | #185 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 99 | #205 | 5 | #2,155 |
| 1907 | 89 | #213 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 77 | #224 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 85 | #205 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 87 | #198 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 67 | #220 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 60 | #235 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 65 | #211 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 86 | #210 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 66 | #200 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 64 | #219 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 58 | #224 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 69 | #217 | 6 | #1,435 |
| 1895 | 65 | #213 | 5 | #1,624 |
| 1894 | 63 | #211 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 64 | #212 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 60 | #226 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 50 | #227 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 59 | #217 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 62 | #206 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 45 | #262 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 44 | #241 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 55 | #228 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 56 | #213 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 40 | #269 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 50 | #216 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 66 | #193 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 34 | #270 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 47 | #241 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Bruce reached #25 in 1952. As a girl name, it reached #1,435 in 1896. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.