Ridge

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #529 for boys in 2025, 566 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2023 · 599 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,893
since 1948

Ridge over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ridge has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425#529566
2024—#527565
2023—#505599
2022#8,03213#531562
2021—#560506
2020—#625429
2019—#614443
2018—#703344
2017—#734325
2016—#878249
2015—#934226
2014—#1,137167
2013—#1,090170
2012—#1,218146
2011—#1,371122
2010—#1,299132
2009—#1,298135
2008—#1,63994
2007—#1,68190
2006—#1,413111
2005—#1,343112
2004—#1,50289
2003—#1,43092
2002—#1,42491
2001—#1,41588
2000—#1,48782
1999—#1,27796
1998—#1,146109
1997—#1,045122
1996—#1,088111
1995—#1,090108
1994—#1,017119
1993—#1,038113
1992—#1,058107
1991—#1,10398
1990—#1,06599
1989—#997105
1988—#97099
1987—#2,21526
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First appearance
1948

The first year at least five boys were named Ridge! It came in at #2,326, and was given to 11 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1949–1952, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ridge is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #788 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,456 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedWVVirginia: #635 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,672 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #365 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,034 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #634 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,249 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedGAHawaii: #206 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,030 boysHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Ridge, so not publishedTXFlorida: #1,050 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 18,342 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#206 · 1 in 1,030
  2. South Carolina#365 · 1 in 3,034
  3. Louisiana#634 · 1 in 6,249
  4. Virginia#635 · 1 in 8,672
  5. Pennsylvania#788 · 1 in 16,456

Best ever in a state: #64 in Wyoming, 2025.

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Hawaii#20671 in 1,030
South Carolina#36581 in 3,034
Louisiana#63451 in 6,249
Virginia#63551 in 8,672
Pennsylvania#78851 in 16,456
Florida#1,05051 in 18,342
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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 Ridge
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#527 → #529)
  • 96 spots since 2020 (#625 → #529)
  • 405 spots since 2015 (#934 → #529)
  • Biggest jump: 1,245 spots in 1988 (#2,215 → #970)
  • Biggest drop: 68 spots in 1990 (#997 → #1,065)
Rise & fade · boys
75 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 2023 at #505 (599 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2015–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,856
  • Highest: 1 in 2,856 boys born in 2023 were named Ridge (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,018 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 40.9% of all boys named Ridge (3,227) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s11#2,326 (1948)#2,326
1950s30#3,176 (1954)#3,453
1960s5#4,065 (1961)#4,065
1970s0——
1980s230#970 (1988)#1,394
1990s1,082#1,017 (1994)#1,093
2000s984#1,298 (2009)#1,463
2010s2,324#614 (2019)#998
2020s3,227#505 (2023)#546

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.

Ridge in 1990

boys
#1,065
99 births · 1 in 20,748 boys

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #1,065Ridge99
More about 1990

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 20,748 of them was named Ridge, which outranked 88.8% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ridge
  1. #1,058Ernie100
  2. #1,058Lowell100
  3. #1,058Taurean100
  4. #1,065Ridge99
  5. #1,065Benjamen99
  6. #1,065Brannon99
  7. #1,065Demetris99
  8. #1,072Arnulfo98
  9. #1,072Augustus98
  10. #1,072Buddy98

Tied with 6 names at #1,065; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →