How rare is the name Ridge?

4,343 people in the United States have the first name Ridge, about 1 in 69,544. It ranks #4,342 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

RIDGE

#4,342

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,343
About
1 in 69,544
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,343 people named Ridge, 83.3% reported their origin as White, 5.2% as two or more races and 4.6% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ridge peaked in 2023, when 599 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19482025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
599
In 2025*
571 ▼5%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 7,911 babies have been given the name since 1948. 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.

Ridge by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,100. The largest share of babies named Ridge, 65.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#10,74511
1950s#9,59430
1960s#17,2535
1980s#5,802230
1990s#2,5561,082
2000s#3,369984
2010s#1,9862,324
2020s#1,1003,245
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Millennials 1981–9612.5%
Generation Z 1997–1221.6%
2013 and later65.3%

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 Ridge is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ridge has been most common in Idaho (10×), Utah (9.9×), and Montana (5.6×), and least common in New York (0.08×).

5,864 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.

Exactly as common as Ridge

1 other first name also has 4,343 people.

#4,342 Franklyn · 4,343

Either side of Ridge

#4,340 Avah · 4,344#4,342 Franklyn · 4,343#4,344 Ayman · 4,341#4,345 Deepa · 4,338

Also a last name

As a last name, Ridge ranks #5,089 of 156,621, with 6,676 people. See Ridge as a last name

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