girl's name

Brona

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 480

Northern Ireland

#517

2019 births

Brona is a girl's name. In 1957 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in Ireland in 1989, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use in Ireland.
  • First appears in birth records in 1964.

Brona over time

Births per decade in Ireland, 1960s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2013, not a full ten years.

120
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Brona by decade in Ireland
Decade Births
1960s 42
1970s 88
1980s 120
1990s 102
2000s 58
2010s (to 2013) 4

How popular is Brona?

In 2013, Brona was given to 4 babies in Ireland, ranking #855 that year. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Brona is used

Northern Ireland #517 3 in 2019
Ireland #855 4 in 2013
United States #6,754 5 in 1957

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

Irish figures withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. The Central Statistics Office began recording the síneadh fada in 2018, so accented and unaccented spellings are counted separately from that year on. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Brona

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Brona also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Brona over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Brona

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Brona — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Brona

How popular is the name Brona?

In 2013, Brona was given to 4 babies in Ireland, ranking #855 that year. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Brona a girl's or a boy's name?

Brona is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Brona most popular?

Brona peaked in 1989, when 20 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.