Is Bronte a boy or girl name?

Bronte is a girl’s name. Of the 932 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 98.1% were girls and 1.9% were boys.

Bronte

Recorded 1969–2024 · United States

Bronte was most popular in 1992, when 131 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,175 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 932 people named Bronte.

Bronte over time

Births per year. The dot marks Bronte’s peak in 1992. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Bronte a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Bronte is a girl’s name — 98.1% of the 932 Americans given it were girls and 1.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Bronte

Where Bronte is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 6.4×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org