Bridger
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #701 for boys in 2025, 383 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 383 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,873since 1974
Bridger over time
Rank among boys' names. Bridger has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #701 | 383 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #790 | 319 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #750 | 348 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #739 | 348 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #723 | 357 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #931 | 239 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #908 | 242 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #927 | 229 |
| 2017 | — | #944 | 221 | |
| 2016 | — | #855 | 263 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #1,023 | 198 |
| 2014 | — | #986 | 211 | |
| 2013 | — | #904 | 230 | |
| 2012 | — | #936 | 217 | |
| 2011 | — | #957 | 207 | |
| 2010 | — | #920 | 219 | |
| 2009 | — | #867 | 242 | |
| 2008 | — | #968 | 206 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,038 | 181 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,070 | 167 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,011 | 168 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,034 | 158 | |
| 2003 | — | #983 | 161 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,026 | 149 | |
| 2001 | — | #997 | 153 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,015 | 144 | |
| 1999 | — | #993 | 142 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,159 | 108 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,096 | 115 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,206 | 93 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,369 | 74 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,581 | 58 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,162 | 36 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,955 | 41 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,214 | 32 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,205 | 18 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,350 | 15 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,641 | 20 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,898 | 15 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,929 | 14 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
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| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Bridger! It came in at #5,227, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1974–1976, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bridger is popular in 2024
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wyoming#25 · 1 in 97
- Idaho#102 · 1 in 363
- Montana#112 · 1 in 363
- North Dakota#128 · 1 in 366
- Utah#169 · 1 in 665
Best ever in a state: #10 in Wyoming, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #25 | 12 | 1 in 97 |
| Idaho | #102 | 23 | 1 in 363 |
| Montana | #112 | 10 | 1 in 363 |
| North Dakota | #128 | 9 | 1 in 366 |
| Utah | #169 | 29 | 1 in 665 |
| South Dakota | #177 | 7 | 1 in 529 |
| Colorado | #355 | 17 | 1 in 1,537 |
| Iowa | #387 | 9 | 1 in 1,529 |
| Minnesota | #397 | 14 | 1 in 1,722 |
| Nebraska | #425 | 5 | 1 in 1,722 |
| Nevada | #429 | 6 | 1 in 1,869 |
| Arkansas | #438 | 7 | 1 in 1,790 |
| Kansas | #456 | 7 | 1 in 1,930 |
| Oklahoma | #478 | 9 | 1 in 1,951 |
| Wisconsin | #521 | 9 | 1 in 2,612 |
| Alabama | #522 | 9 | 1 in 2,429 |
| Oregon | #542 | 6 | 1 in 2,479 |
| Washington | #610 | 11 | 1 in 2,956 |
| Tennessee | #657 | 10 | 1 in 3,626 |
| Missouri | #685 | 7 | 1 in 3,918 |
| Indiana | #698 | 8 | 1 in 4,012 |
| North Carolina | #830 | 10 | 1 in 5,115 |
| Ohio | #857 | 9 | 1 in 5,854 |
| Arizona | #921 | 5 | 1 in 6,625 |
| Michigan | #961 | 6 | 1 in 6,663 |
| Virginia | #1,052 | 5 | 1 in 7,549 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,241 | 5 | 1 in 10,450 |
| Texas | #1,380 | 14 | 1 in 12,771 |
| Georgia | #1,403 | 5 | 1 in 10,223 |
| California | #2,002 | 7 | 1 in 25,752 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bridger
- 89 spots since 2024 (#790 → #701)
- 230 spots since 2020 (#931 → #701)
- 322 spots since 2015 (#1,023 → #701)
- Biggest jump: 208 spots in 2021 (#931 → #723)
- Biggest drop: 89 spots in 2017 (#855 → #944)
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 2025 at #701 (383 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 2016–2025
- Highest: 1 in 4,460 boys born in 2025 were named Bridger (0.02%)
- 32.5% of all boys named Bridger (2,237) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 40 | #2,929 (1978) | #3,833 |
| 1980s | 153 | #2,641 (1987) | #3,124 |
| 1990s | 720 | #993 (1999) | #1,672 |
| 2000s | 1,729 | #867 (2009) | #1,001 |
| 2010s | 2,237 | #855 (2016) | #936 |
| 2020s | 1,994 | #701 (2025) | #772 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bridger in 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 147,290 of them was named Bridger, which outranked 49.5% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,443Zuzanna12
- #8,443Zyairah12
- #8,443Zylee12
- #8,946Bridger11
- #8,946Aairah11
- #8,946Aalaya11
- #8,946Aariah11
- #9,556Aaila10
- #9,556Aalyiah10
- #9,556Aariana10
Tied with 609 names at #8,946; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 5,401 of them was named Bridger, which outranked 94.5% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.