Boys' name · since 2003
Bridges
69 babies named Bridges in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,875 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bridges currently ranks #12875 among boys' names in America, with 69 babies recorded since 2003.
Social Security Administration records show Bridges recorded 69 times among boys since 2003, holding rank #12875 nationally today, ahead of 8% 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 2003 to 2025.
- #19,884 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,875 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 69 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bridges ranks #19,884 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,875 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 69 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,875 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bridges's 69 recorded births place it above 56.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bridges compares
69 21st 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
Bridges's all-time total is 81% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bridges | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 69 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bridges's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bridges's full recorded timeline at 2020, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bridges popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Bridges by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (36 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Bridges's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Bridges births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
- 2020s
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 36 births (52% of all-time use).
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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, 2003–2025 (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 Bridges 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.