Bridger — #785 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bridger

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,490 babies named Bridger between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bridger currently holds the #785 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 357 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bridger performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,237 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Bridger shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 1,688 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Montana and Idaho. In total, SSA state-level files list Bridger in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bridger in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,490 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.