Bristal — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bristal

The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Bristal between 1994 and 2023, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bristal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bristal performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 208 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bristal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bristal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bristal 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 286 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.