Boys' name · since 1996
Bridge
Bridge has 135 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,447 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,202 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Bridge is the #11202 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 135 recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Bridge recorded 135 times among boys since 1996, holding rank #11202 nationally today, ahead of 20% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #15,447 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,202 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 135 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bridge ranks #15,447 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,202 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 135 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,447 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,202 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bridge's 135 recorded births place it above 65.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bridge compares
135 31st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bridge's all-time total is 63% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bridge | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 135 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bridge's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bridge's full recorded timeline at 2017, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bridge popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Bridge popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1981 (Bridge as girls' name)
Bridge by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (62 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Bridge's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Bridge births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 62 births (46% of all-time use).
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Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bridge draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.