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Bridger

#701 in 2025Boys' name

English surname transferred into given-name use

Bridger has been given to 6,945 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #701 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 383 recorded.

Babies named Bridger, 2025

1 in 8,660

Bridger over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bridger: meaning, origin, and history

English surname transferred into given-name use

surname transfer

What Bridger means

Bridger is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Bridger is used in English (Modern).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.əɹ/ and /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.ə/ for Bridger.

The naming story behind Bridger

Bridger is a given name adopted from English surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

Origin, language, and formation

Bridger is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Bridger is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,873 boys were recorded with the name Bridger between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 383 in 2025; its best national rank was #701 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #931 in 2020 to #701 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,024 in 2015 to #701 in 2025.

In the United States, 72 girls were recorded with the name Bridger between 2015 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2022; its best national rank was #8,114 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #12,371 in 2020 to #15,333 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #16,905 in 2015 to #15,333 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bridger?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 8,660
383 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 4,460
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#701
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,001 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bridger sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1001%
School of 5006%

Put another way: gather 6,001 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bridger. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bridgers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bridger was born before 2013 — so the typical Bridger is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
32.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
84.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,873
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 32.5% of all recorded uses (2,237).

Is Bridger rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+89
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+230
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+323
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.93×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (383)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#701
2025

Spellings of Bridger

Bridger is not the most common spelling — Rodger is, with 56.4% against Bridger's 18.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Bridger is used

Across 2016–2025, Bridger was most concentrated in Wyoming — about 1 in 118 boys, against 1 in 5,348 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

1849 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Wyoming1 in 118
  2. 2Montana1 in 229
  3. 3North Dakota1 in 315
  4. 4Idaho1 in 452
  5. 5Utah1 in 474
  6. 6South Dakota1 in 552
  7. 7Colorado1 in 1,613
  8. 8Nebraska1 in 1,613

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Bridger is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 100% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Bridger around the world

Where Bridger ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    2015–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Bridger by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#701
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 230
Best rank ever
#701
2025
Peak year
2025
383 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,873
Count in 2025
383

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#15,333
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,962
Best rank ever
#8,114
2022
Peak year
2022
13 that year
First recorded
2015
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
72
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Bridger

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BrittonBrixtonBrighamBriggsBrightonBriarBritainBrienJaggerLedgerBriceBrileyBrionGrangerBrisonBristolBricenBristonBrittRodgerBritonBrintonRangerBright

Names with a curve like Bridger

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Bridger, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DilanJerichoYousefBriarZaidJamirBlazeCampbellWestinAmeerHamzaZain

Sibling names for Bridger

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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