Given name & surname
Bronson
“the son of Brown”
Bronson is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “the son of Brown.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “the son of Brown.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
From Middle English Brun (“a man named Brown's”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bronson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,693
- 10,693 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 386 babies
- 2025
- 211
- #1,046 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 211 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,046 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 29.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 386 in 2015. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (17). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,096 as a first name in 2020; 11,164 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bronson’s family of names
In English usage, Bronson has a diminutive in Bron. Bronson has a related form in Bronnson. Bronson has a related form in Bronnsun.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Brondiminutive · English
- Bronsenvariant
- Bronssinvariant
- Bronsinnvariant
- Bronssenvariant
- Bronsennvariant
- Bronssunvariant
- Bronnsunvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Bronson
- Bronson PinchotAmerican actorborn 1959
- Bron BreakkerAmerican professional wrestler and football player (born 1997)
- Bronson PelletierCanadian actorborn 1986
- Bronson Arroyobaseball player from the United Statesborn 1977
- Bronson M. CuttingAmerican politician (1888–1935)
- Bronson KoenigAmerican basketball player (born 1994)
- Bronson WebbBritish actorborn 1983
- Bronson HowardAmerican writer (1842-1908)
- Bronson La FolletteAmerican politician1936–2018
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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