How Many People Are Named Bristol?
people named Bristol are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 29,728 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,616 babies named Bristol in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
801 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the city in southwest England which means "the site of the bridge".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Bristol, 95.4% were girls and 4.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Bristol rose from 77.8% in the 1980s to 98.1% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1990s, at 66.7%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bristol alive today is about 10 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bristol first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2019, to 801 babies. In 2025, 390 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bristol has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #390, in 2019. In 2025 it ranked #728.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #728 |
| Best rank | #390 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #472 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bristol alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bristol were born in Texas than in any other state: about 789 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bristol was given 4.7 times as often in West Virginia, 4.4 times in North Dakota and 3.4 times in Alaska.
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