BRUCE is ranked as the 87th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 668,639.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 209.7 people named BRUCE for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 91% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named BRUCE is 289,951.
The SSA data also shows that BRUCE is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
BRUCE is
82.8% White,
2.2% Hispanic origin,
11.7% Black,
1.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name BRUCE have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name BRUCE is included in the following name categories:
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Masculine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Scottish masculine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name BRUCE
The state with the most people named
BRUCE is
California where
61,373 people have this name.
North Dakota is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named BRUCE, as
555.68 in every 100,000
North Dakotans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
North Dakota is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Texas
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
3 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name BRUCE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
34,281
266.15
99.9%
Indiana
19,194
290.95
99.8%
Iowa
6,539
210.45
99.6%
Kansas
8,917
307.06
99.7%
Michigan
21,108
213
99.9%
Minnesota
17,921
328.39
99.9%
Missouri
5,112
170.74
99.5%
Nebraska
6,084
323.35
99.5%
North Dakota
4,109
555.68
99.7%
Ohio
34,023
293.45
99.8%
South Dakota
3,599
421.84
99.4%
Wisconsin
14,218
246.94
99.8%
West States
State stats for the first name BRUCE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
2,771
376.18
99.2%
Arizona
19,824
294.49
99.8%
California
61,373
158.17
99.9%
Colorado
18,105
338.05
99.8%
Hawaii
2,342
164.98
99.5%
Idaho
6,613
404.61
99.7%
Montana
4,409
430.7
99.6%
Nevada
6,989
246.15
99.7%
New Mexico
4,807
230.47
99.4%
Oregon
15,336
386.27
99.9%
Utah
11,437
388.62
99.8%
Washington
17,045
241.38
99.9%
Wyoming
2,415
413.45
99.4%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name BRUCE
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have BRUCE as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named BRUCE.
The most popular full name is BRUCE Johnson.
0.96% of all the people named BRUCE
have this family name.
There are 42612 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name BRUCE