Boys' name · since 2014
Ridger
79 babies named Ridger in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,029 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,534 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 79
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ridger currently ranks #9534 among boys' names in America, with 79 babies recorded since 2014.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ridger has been recorded 79 times among boys since 2014, currently ranked #9534 nationally and more common than 32% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #19,029 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,534 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 79 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ridger ranks #19,029 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,534 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 79 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,029 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,534 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 79
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ridger's 79 recorded births place it above 58.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ridger compares
79 22nd 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
Ridger's all-time total is 79% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ridger | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 79 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ridger's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ridger's full recorded timeline at 2020, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ridger popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Ridger by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (53 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Ridger's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Ridger births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 53 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ridger: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~11 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, 2014–2025 (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 Ridger 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.