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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Bruin

Bruin was the 2289th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 61 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1965th with 76 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,040 places. More babies were named Bruin in the 2020s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,289 boys, up 225 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
61boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
202176 babies
Total since 1880
673babies recorded

Bruin popularity since 1880

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Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#2,28961
2020#2,51451
2010#8,2449
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How popular is Bruin, counting every spelling?

Bruin has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Bruin?

61 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bruin (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Bruin born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 138 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bruin.

Chance of another Bruin in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inUtahunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Bruin?

About 700 people born in the US named Bruin are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Bruin a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Bruin by state

How common Bruin was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesWA0.03Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesUT0.06Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesFL0.03
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Bruin, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Bruin: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bruin, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Bruin

How popular is the name Bruin?

Bruin was the 2289th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 61 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1965th with 76 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,040 places. More babies were named Bruin in the 2020s than in any other decade.

Is Bruin a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Bruin in the US.

Where is Bruin most popular?

In 2021–2025, Bruin was most common in Utah (0.06 per 1,000 boys), followed by Washington and Florida.