Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Bruce

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Bruce
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.2% from peak

Peak era

1956

Peak rank proxy

14,660

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19562024

Peak year

1956

Decline from peak

96.2%

2024

553

All-time

386,313

Bruce once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1956, when 14,660 boys were named Bruce.

In 2024, only 553 boys were given the name.

Down 96.2% from its peak.

All told, about 386,313 Americans have been named Bruce and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.2% from peak

195614,660 boys named Bruce

2024553 boys named Bruce

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