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How popular is the name Bronwen?
Births per year, rank history and how many Bronwens are alive today.
Bronwen (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1512th in 2025 and given to 20 babies. The name peaked in 1998, when 49 babies were given the name, the 552nd most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2025 figure is roughly 41% of its peak.
The Bronwen you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old. Half of all Bronwens born in England and Wales are between 15 and 32, and there are at least 1,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Bronwen - on average, only one in every 315 such rooms contains a Bronwen.
How many babies are named Bronwen each year?
Where does Bronwen rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Bronwen most popular?
Bronwen peaked in 1998, when 49 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Bronwen?
At least 1,000 people named Bronwen born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bronwen?
Most living Bronwens are between 15 and 32; the most common age is about 28.
Is Bronwen becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.