Bristol
#728 for girls in 2025, 382 births · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to girls 95.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2019 · 788 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,043since 1973
Bristol over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Bristol has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #728 | 382 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #639 | 463 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #529 | 574 | #6,897 | 12 |
| 2022 | #513 | 609 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #453 | 691 | #5,776 | 15 |
| 2020 | #491 | 621 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #390 | 788 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #509 | 610 | #4,610 | 21 |
| 2017 | #490 | 638 | #4,935 | 19 |
| 2016 | #526 | 590 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #448 | 705 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #424 | 756 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #418 | 726 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #435 | 718 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #435 | 719 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #565 | 517 | #3,812 | 27 |
| 2009 | #666 | 438 | #2,946 | 40 |
| 2008 | #2,773 | 65 | #4,267 | 23 |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 | #3,893 | 26 |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
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| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
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| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
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| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
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| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
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| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
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| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five girls were named Bristol! It came in at #7,435, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1974–1979, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 89 spots since 2024 (#639 → #728)
- 237 spots since 2020 (#491 → #728)
- 280 spots since 2015 (#448 → #728)
- Biggest jump: 2,107 spots in 2009 (#2,773 → #666)
- Biggest drop: 110 spots in 2024 (#529 → #639)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2019 at #390 (788 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,130
- Highest: 1 in 2,130 girls born in 2019 were named Bristol (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,208 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 61.3% of all girls named Bristol (6,767) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #7,435 (1973) | #7,435 |
| 1980s | 84 | #3,983 (1985) | #7,074 |
| 1990s | 136 | #4,796 (1998) | #6,213 |
| 2000s | 710 | #666 (2009) | #4,396 |
| 2010s | 6,767 | #390 (2019) | #464 |
| 2020s | 3,340 | #453 (2021) | #559 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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