NameTides

Ridge

Ridge was the #529 boys' name in the US in 2025 (566 babies), and #1,311 in Canada.

Ridge as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Ridge 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Ridge 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#529 (566)#1,311 (18)
2024#527 (565)#2,062 (9)
2023#505 (599)#1,342 (15)
2022#531 (562)#1,759 (10)
2021#560 (506)#2,491 (6)
2020#625 (429)#2,013 (8)
2019#614 (443)#1,634 (11)
2018#703 (344)#1,572 (11)
2017#734 (325)#2,198 (7)
2016#878 (249)#1,683 (10)
2015#934 (226)—
2014#1,137 (167)#2,133 (7)
2013#1,090 (170)—
2012#1,218 (146)#1,655 (10)
2011#1,371 (122)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #505.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1948.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,000 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 3,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ridge is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 3,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ridge by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: #97IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: #601MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #263ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: #64WYSouth Dakota: #127SDIowa: #310IAIndiana: #668INOhio: #577OHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: #158UTColorado: #501CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #291MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #408VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #246KSArkansas: #247ARTennessee: #299TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #328OKLouisiana: #314LAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #301ALGeorgia: #499GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #723TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Ridge (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
RidgeCanadaBoys#1,31118
RidgeUSGirls#14,9425
RidgeUSBoys#529566