How rare is the name Bridger?

4,727 people in the United States have the first name Bridger, about 1 in 63,895. It ranks #4,088 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRIDGER

#4,088

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,727
About
1 in 63,895
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,727 people named Bridger, 92.6% reported their origin as White, 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% as two or more races. 98.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bridger peaked in 2025, when 388 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19742025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
388
In 2025*
388
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,945 babies have been given the name since 1974. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Bridger by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,547. The largest share of babies named Bridger, 52.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#13,18840
1980s#7,593153
1990s#3,331720
2000s#2,2631,729
2010s#2,0212,253
2020s#1,5472,050
Generation X 1965–800.7%
Millennials 1981–967.2%
Generation Z 1997–1239.4%
2013 and later52.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Bridger is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bridger has been most common in Utah (39×), Montana (32×), and Wyoming (31×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.14×).

5,359 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Bridger

#4,086 Davian · 4,729#4,087 Sunita · 4,728#4,089 Konner · 4,725#4,090 Crosby · 4,723

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bridger, most common first.

#648 Bridget · 81,356#2,420 Bridgett · 10,270#11,046 Bridgit · 1,178#21,056 Bridgid · 486#33,489 Bridge · 247#38,064 Bridgete · 203#40,182 Bridges · 186

Also a last name

As a last name, Bridger ranks #18,149 of 156,621, with 1,512 people. See Bridger as a last name

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