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Bridger: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 383 in 2025. Its best rank was #701 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 99% of babies named Bridger in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#701 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Bridger: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 383 boys in 2025. Peak: #701 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 383 (2025).
In 2025, 383 US boys were named Bridger, making it the 701st most common boys’ name of the year, up 89 places from #790 in 2024. That is 64 more than the 319 boys named Bridger in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #701, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 383. For comparison, it was #1,024 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bridger in 50 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1974 with 5 babies. In all, 6,945 US babies have been given the name, 1.0% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 2,253 babies named Bridger.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,949 US boys were named Bridger; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 383. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,460 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Bridger ranked highest in Wyoming in 2025, at #57 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC).
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 21 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 8 | #57 | #97 |
| Utah | 46 | #114 | #129 |
| Montana | 10 | #128 | #80 |
| Idaho | 16 | #169 | #207 |
| North Dakota | 7 | #173 | #134 |
| South Dakota | 6 | #227 | #251 |
| Nebraska | 9 | #270 | — |
| Iowa | 14 | #279 | — |
| Minnesota | 16 | #359 | — |
| Colorado | 17 | #368 | #419 |
| Missouri | 17 | #373 | #567 |
| Washington | 19 | #384 | #603 |
| Kansas | 9 | #393 | — |
| Oregon | 8 | #441 | #565 |
| Tennessee | 15 | #499 | — |
| Oklahoma | 8 | #509 | — |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #528 | — |
| Indiana | 12 | #550 | — |
| Arkansas | 5 | #562 | — |
| Virginia | 10 | #678 | — |
| North Carolina | 13 | #683 | — |
| Michigan | 10 | #724 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #725 | — |
| Illinois | 8 | #947 | — |
| Ohio | 8 | #953 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,122 | — |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,229 | — |
| California | 15 | #1,255 | — |
| Texas | 14 | #1,355 | #1,940 |
| Florida | 8 | #1,371 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #15,337 | 383 | #701 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,044 | 319 | #790 |
| 2023 | 11 | #9,092 | 348 | #751 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,119 | 348 | #739 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,435 | 357 | #723 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,376 | 239 | #931 |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,128 | 242 | #908 |
| 2018 | 5 | #16,113 | 229 | #927 |
| 2017 | — | — | 221 | #944 |
| 2016 | — | — | 263 | #856 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,911 | 198 | #1,024 |
| 2014 | — | — | 211 | #986 |
| 2013 | — | — | 230 | #905 |
| 2012 | — | — | 217 | #937 |
| 2011 | — | — | 207 | #958 |
| 2010 | — | — | 219 | #920 |
| 2009 | — | — | 242 | #869 |
| 2008 | — | — | 206 | #969 |
| 2007 | — | — | 181 | #1,038 |
| 2006 | — | — | 167 | #1,072 |
| 2005 | — | — | 168 | #1,011 |
| 2004 | — | — | 158 | #1,035 |
| 2003 | — | — | 161 | #985 |
| 2002 | — | — | 149 | #1,026 |
| 2001 | — | — | 153 | #998 |
| 2000 | — | — | 144 | #1,015 |
| 1999 | — | — | 142 | #993 |
| 1998 | — | — | 108 | #1,161 |
| 1997 | — | — | 115 | #1,099 |
| 1996 | — | — | 93 | #1,207 |
| 1995 | — | — | 74 | #1,370 |
| 1994 | — | — | 58 | #1,582 |
| 1993 | — | — | 36 | #2,167 |
| 1992 | — | — | 41 | #1,957 |
| 1991 | — | — | 21 | #3,004 |
| 1990 | — | — | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1989 | — | — | 18 | #3,218 |
| 1988 | — | — | 15 | #3,374 |
| 1987 | — | — | 20 | #2,644 |
| 1986 | — | — | 19 | #2,696 |
| 1985 | — | — | 13 | #3,428 |
| 1984 | — | — | 15 | #2,977 |
| 1983 | — | — | 16 | #2,800 |
| 1982 | — | — | 12 | #3,510 |
| 1981 | — | — | 15 | #2,914 |
| 1980 | — | — | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1979 | — | — | 11 | #3,592 |
| 1978 | — | — | 14 | #2,950 |
| 1977 | — | — | 10 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | — | — | 5 | #5,299 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).