Is Bronx a boy or girl name?

Bronx is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 2,529 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 5.6% were girls and 94.4% were boys.

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Bronx

Recorded 2003–2025 · United States

Bronx was most popular in 2022, when 200 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,269 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,264, with 194 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,529 people named Bronx.

Bronx over time

Births per year. The dot marks Bronx’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Bronx a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Bronx is mostly a boy’s name — 5.6% of the 2,529 Americans given it were girls and 94.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 8% girls and 92% 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 Bronx

Where Bronx is most concentrated

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

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