Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Bronx isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bronx through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,529
- 2,388 boys · 141 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 200 babies
- 2025
- 194
- #1,133 for boys · #12,145 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 187 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,133 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Utah had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (19). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,274 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bronx’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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