Bristol

Where Bristol comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Bristol.

Bristol through the years
  1. 1973
    First appearance
    #7,435 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1990
    Bristol Palin born
    daughter of Sarah Palin
  3. 1997
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 2019
    Peak, #390
    788 babies named Bristol, the most in any year.
  5. 2025
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #728.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Bristol Palin · daughter of Sarah Palin, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.