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How popular is the name Bruce?
Births per year, rank history and how many Bruces are alive today.
Bruce (male), once a common boys' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 856th in 2025 with 37 given the name. The name peaked in 1964, when around 640 babies were given the name, the 98th most popular that year. Bruce fell out of the published rankings after 1944 and returned in 1964, a classic revival pattern. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 22,000 babies have been named Bruce in England and Wales since 1944. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Bruce you are most likely to meet is around 62 years old. Half of all Bruces born in England and Wales are between 49 and 70, and there are at least 21,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 6.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Bruce.
How many babies are named Bruce each year?
Where does Bruce rank among boys' 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 Bruce most popular?
Bruce peaked in 1964, when around 640 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Bruce?
At least 21,000 people named Bruce born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bruce?
Most living Bruces are between 49 and 70; the most common age is about 62.
Is Bruce becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.