Bruin Boy
How popular is Bruin?
#2,284 boy name in 2025
61 baby boys were named Bruin in the US in 2025, making it the 2284th most popular boy name.
Bruin popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,284 for boys (▲ 930 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 61 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+259% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,285 in 2015, #2,504 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (76 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,963 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bruin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Bruin family of names ranked #1,815 for boys in 2025 (#2,297 the year before), with 66 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bruin | 61 | 92% |
| Bruen | 5 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Bruin is most popular
Babies named Bruin per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (14 boys)
Bruin by decade
Boy names about as popular as Bruin
Questions
- Is Bruin a boy or girl name?
- Bruin is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Bruin were boys.
- How popular is the name Bruin?
- 61 baby boys were named Bruin in the US in 2025, making it the 2284th most popular boy name.
- When was Bruin most popular?
- Bruin peaked in 2021, when 76 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,963 in 2021.
- How many people are named Bruin?
- 673 babies have been named Bruin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 669 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Bruin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bruin was most common in Utah, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.