NameTides

Bristol

Bristol was the #728 girls' name in the US in 2025 (382 babies), and #1,974 in Canada.

Bristol as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Bristol as a girl’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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Bristol as a girl’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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#728 (382)#1,974 (11)
2024#639 (463)#1,833 (12)
2023#529 (574)#2,900 (6)
2022#513 (609)#2,133 (9)
2021#453 (691)#2,185 (9)
2020#491 (621)#1,758 (12)
2019#390 (788)#2,872 (6)
2018#509 (610)#2,587 (7)
2017#490 (638)#2,041 (10)
2016#526 (590)#1,690 (13)
2015#448 (705)#1,584 (14)
2014#424 (756)#1,681 (13)
2013#418 (726)#1,686 (13)
2012#435 (718)#1,531 (15)
2011#435 (719)#1,672 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #390.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,200 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bristol is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,100 to 1 in 5,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bristol by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #258IAIndiana: #444INOhio: #592OHPennsylvania: #595PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #386MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: #154WVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #404KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #453TNNorth Carolina: #534NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #391ALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #799TXFlorida: #912FL
Bristol (girls) 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
BristolCanadaGirls#1,97411
BristolUSGirls#728382
BristolUSBoys#8,9108