How rare is the name Bristol?

7,629 people in the United States have the first name Bristol, about 1 in 39,590. It ranks #2,952 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRISTOL

#2,952

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,629
About
1 in 39,590
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,629 people named Bristol, 88.9% reported their origin as White, 3.9% as two or more races and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 93.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bristol peaked in 2019, when 801 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
801
In 2025*
390 ▼51%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 11,616 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.

Bristol by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #893. The largest share of babies named Bristol, 71.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#7,57526
1930s#11,9535
1940s#12,5745
1950s#14,8235
1970s#16,72621
1980s#9,558108
1990s#7,970204
2000s#3,558912
2010s#8936,924
2020s#1,0563,406
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–962%
Generation Z 1997–1225.7%
2013 and later71.7%

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 Bristol is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bristol has been most common in Alaska (3.7×), North Dakota (2.7×), and Kansas (2.7×), and least common in New York (0.23×).

10,057 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 Bristol

#2,949 Ned · 7,643#2,951 Lashawn · 7,636#2,953 Austen · 7,627#2,954 Jaida · 7,624

Spelled almost the same

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

#7,776 Brixton · 1,924#12,973 Brystol · 942#13,943 Bryston · 854#17,205 Brystal · 645#23,544 Briston · 415#43,957 Bristen · 159

Also a last name

As a last name, Bristol ranks #4,552 of 156,621, with 7,561 people. See Bristol as a last name

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