How Many People Are Named Bridger?
people named Bridger are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 49,837 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,945 babies named Bridger in Social Security records from 1974 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
388 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which originally indicated a person who lived near or worked on a bridge.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Bridger, 1% were girls and 99% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bridger alive today is about 13 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bridger first appears in the records in 1974, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 388 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1974 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bridger has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #701, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #701.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #701 |
| Best rank | #701 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #946 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bridger alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bridger were born in Utah than in any other state: about 1,710 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bridger was given 41.9 times as often in Montana, 41.9 times in Wyoming and 25.7 times in Utah.
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