Boy
Bruce
The name Bruce carries the meaning "From the brushwood thicket", with roots in French. It was at its most popular in the 1950s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is widely recognized. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.
FrenchFrom the brushwood thicket
ScottishSurname of the royal House of Bruce
Births by decade
1900s
842
1910s
5,648
1920s
13,307
1930s
24,235
1940s
72,285
1950s
136,733
1960s
74,944
1970s
21,285
1980s
14,426
1990s
7,909
2000s
5,533
2010s
5,379
Peaked in the 1950s · 382,526 total U.S. births since 1900