Bruce remains a common boys' name (#536 in 2025), down from a peak of #25 in 1952.
Bruce is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #536 for boy births in the United States (and #1,086 across all names), given to 558 babies. Bruce first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1956 (14,660 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 558 | 558 | — | #536 |
| 2024 | 555 | 555 | — | #536 |
| 2023 | 547 | 547 | — | #542 |
| 2022 | 526 | 526 | — | #563 |
| 2021 | 549 | 549 | — | #535 |
| 2020 | 587 | 587 | — | #498 |
| 2019 | 624 | 624 | — | #471 |
| 2018 | 614 | 614 | — | #473 |
| 2017 | 722 | 722 | — | #429 |
| 2016 | 702 | 702 | — | #441 |
| 2015 | 766 | 766 | — | #404 |
| 2014 | 773 | 773 | — | #401 |
| 2013 | 710 | 710 | — | #417 |
| 2012 | 668 | 668 | — | #422 |
| 2011 | 574 | 574 | — | #469 |
| 2010 | 485 | 485 | — | #533 |
| 2009 | 586 | 586 | — | #466 |
| 2008 | 581 | 581 | — | #478 |
| 2007 | 636 | 636 | — | #439 |
| 2006 | 550 | 550 | — | #481 |
| 2005 | 490 | 490 | — | #504 |
| 2004 | 532 | 532 | — | #474 |
| 2003 | 509 | 509 | — | #486 |
| 2002 | 510 | 510 | — | #467 |
| 2001 | 579 | 579 | — | #424 |
| 2000 | 563 | 563 | — | #432 |
| 1999 | 589 | 589 | — | #407 |
| 1998 | 652 | 652 | — | #383 |
| 1997 | 631 | — | — | #383 |
| 1996 | 663 | — | — | #364 |
| 1995 | 670 | — | #13,736 | #362 |
| 1994 | 747 | — | — | #331 |
| 1993 | 822 | — | — | #321 |
| 1992 | 922 | — | — | #291 |
| 1991 | 1,045 | — | #11,704 | #261 |
| 1990 | 1,170 | — | — | #239 |
| 1989 | 1,212 | — | — | #222 |
| 1988 | 1,292 | — | #10,542 | #205 |
| 1987 | 1,312 | — | #8,091 | #199 |
| 1986 | 1,356 | — | #7,846 | #189 |
| 1985 | 1,428 | — | #4,653 | #183 |
| 1984 | 1,470 | — | #6,359 | #175 |
| 1983 | 1,450 | — | #5,865 | #178 |
| 1982 | 1,597 | — | #6,952 | #169 |
| 1981 | 1,641 | — | #8,225 | #164 |
| 1980 | 1,667 | — | #4,347 | #157 |
| 1979 | 1,724 | — | #5,459 | #152 |
| 1978 | 1,714 | — | #4,962 | #151 |
| 1977 | 1,713 | — | #4,967 | #148 |
| 1976 | 1,706 | — | #3,828 | #148 |
| 1975 | 1,798 | — | #6,021 | #140 |
| 1974 | 1,868 | — | #4,248 | #136 |
| 1973 | 1,929 | — | #3,993 | #134 |
| 1972 | 2,328 | — | #3,913 | #121 |
| 1971 | 2,995 | — | #3,073 | #108 |
| 1970 | 3,498 | — | #3,733 | #94 |
| 1969 | 4,059 | — | #3,213 | #72 |
| 1968 | 4,514 | — | #2,302 | #61 |
| 1967 | 5,086 | — | #2,879 | #55 |
| 1966 | 5,875 | — | #2,063 | #53 |
| 1965 | 6,352 | — | #2,302 | #50 |
| 1964 | 7,928 | — | #1,920 | #46 |
| 1963 | 9,308 | — | #2,066 | #43 |
| 1962 | 10,069 | — | #2,120 | #41 |
| 1961 | 10,735 | — | #2,155 | #40 |
| 1960 | 11,005 | — | #1,982 | #39 |
| 1959 | 11,951 | — | #1,824 | #38 |
| 1958 | 12,508 | — | #1,822 | #36 |
| 1957 | 13,913 | — | #1,958 | #34 |
| 1956 | 14,693 | — | #1,872 | #33 |
| 1955 | 14,115 | — | #1,844 | #32 |
| 1954 | 14,190 | — | #1,743 | #30 |
| 1953 | 14,079 | — | #1,787 | #28 |
| 1952 | 14,511 | — | #1,785 | #25 |
| 1951 | 14,125 | — | #1,613 | #26 |
| 1950 | 12,701 | — | #1,838 | #26 |
| 1949 | 12,298 | — | #1,633 | #26 |
| 1948 | 11,090 | — | #1,905 | #28 |
| 1947 | 10,549 | — | #1,953 | #29 |
| 1946 | 8,477 | — | #2,238 | #32 |
| 1945 | 5,629 | — | #2,348 | #48 |
| 1944 | 5,279 | — | #2,105 | #51 |
| 1943 | 5,451 | — | #1,955 | #51 |
| 1942 | 5,402 | — | #2,125 | #50 |
| 1941 | 4,315 | — | #2,416 | #51 |
| 1940 | 3,805 | — | #2,044 | #55 |
| 1939 | 3,240 | — | #3,472 | #64 |
| 1938 | 3,143 | — | #2,031 | #66 |
| 1937 | 2,824 | — | #2,208 | #70 |
| 1936 | 2,639 | — | #2,887 | #73 |
| 1935 | 2,455 | — | #3,184 | #77 |
| 1934 | 2,414 | — | #2,302 | #78 |
| 1933 | 2,048 | — | #2,561 | #91 |
| 1932 | 1,947 | — | #2,514 | #98 |
| 1931 | 1,796 | — | #3,005 | #101 |
| 1930 | 1,727 | — | #2,210 | #109 |
| 1929 | 1,630 | — | #2,600 | #112 |
| 1928 | 1,648 | — | #1,908 | #112 |
| 1927 | 1,472 | — | #2,570 | #123 |
| 1926 | 1,423 | — | #3,074 | #127 |
| 1925 | 1,361 | — | #4,085 | #130 |
| 1924 | 1,322 | — | #2,994 | #133 |
| 1923 | 1,237 | — | #2,603 | #135 |
| 1922 | 1,117 | — | #2,987 | #142 |
| 1921 | 1,083 | — | #2,649 | #146 |
| 1920 | 1,015 | — | #2,021 | #149 |
| 1919 | 892 | — | #2,664 | #151 |
| 1918 | 1,000 | — | #2,699 | #146 |
| 1917 | 811 | — | #4,161 | #156 |
| 1916 | 756 | — | #2,041 | #162 |
| 1915 | 670 | — | #3,479 | #172 |
| 1914 | 537 | — | #2,930 | #169 |
| 1913 | 396 | — | #2,873 | #175 |
| 1912 | 328 | — | — | #178 |
| 1911 | 160 | — | #2,515 | #197 |
| 1910 | 98 | — | — | #239 |
| 1909 | 121 | — | — | #185 |
| 1908 | 104 | — | #2,155 | #205 |
| 1907 | 89 | — | — | #213 |
| 1906 | 77 | — | — | #224 |
| 1905 | 85 | — | — | #205 |
| 1904 | 87 | — | — | #198 |
| 1903 | 67 | — | — | #220 |
| 1902 | 60 | — | — | #235 |
| 1901 | 65 | — | — | #211 |
| 1900 | 86 | — | — | #210 |
| 1899 | 66 | — | — | #200 |
| 1898 | 64 | — | — | #219 |
| 1897 | 58 | — | — | #224 |
| 1896 | 75 | — | #1,435 | #217 |
| 1895 | 70 | — | #1,624 | #213 |
| 1894 | 63 | — | — | #211 |
| 1893 | 64 | — | — | #212 |
| 1892 | 60 | — | — | #226 |
| 1891 | 50 | — | — | #227 |
| 1890 | 59 | — | — | #217 |
| 1889 | 62 | — | — | #206 |
| 1888 | 45 | — | — | #262 |
| 1887 | 44 | — | — | #241 |
| 1886 | 55 | — | — | #228 |
| 1885 | 56 | — | — | #213 |
| 1884 | 40 | — | — | #269 |
| 1883 | 50 | — | — | #216 |
| 1882 | 66 | — | — | #193 |
| 1881 | 34 | — | — | #270 |
| 1880 | 47 | — | — | #241 |