NameTides

Bridger

Bridger was the #701 boys' name in the US in 2025 (383 babies), and #2,095 in Canada.

Bridger as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Bridger as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Bridger as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#701 (383)#2,095 (9)
2024#790 (319)#2,238 (8)
2023#750 (348)#2,614 (6)
2022#739 (348)#2,493 (6)
2021#723 (357)#2,812 (5)
2020#931 (239)—
2019#908 (242)#2,440 (6)
2018#927 (229)—
2017#944 (221)—
2016#855 (263)—
2015#1,023 (198)#2,715 (5)
2014#986 (211)—
2013#904 (230)—
2012#936 (217)—
2011#957 (207)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #701.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1974.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bridger is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,100 to 1 in 5,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bridger by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #382WAIdaho: #166IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: #170NDMinnesota: #357MNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #715MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #438ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: #54WYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #276IAIndiana: #545INOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,241CAUtah: #114UTColorado: #366CONebraska: #266NEMissouri: #368MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #386KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #499TNNorth Carolina: #678NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,347TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Bridger (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BridgerCanadaBoys#2,0959
BridgerUSGirls#14,9425
BridgerUSBoys#701383