Bruna
Meaning
brown-haired (feminine of Bruno)
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Bruna has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Popularity in Brazil
466,413 people · the #51 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 435 · median age 25
Among people named Bruna living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 8,267 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Bruna
Most people given the name Bruna in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Bruna deep dive
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