# Bridger (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bridger/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,945 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,873 / 72 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From bridge + -er.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 16,911 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,113 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,128 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,376 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,435 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,119 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,092 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,044 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,337 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 207 | 958 |
| 2012 | 217 | 937 |
| 2013 | 230 | 905 |
| 2014 | 211 | 986 |
| 2015 | 198 | 1,024 |
| 2016 | 263 | 856 |
| 2017 | 221 | 944 |
| 2018 | 229 | 927 |
| 2019 | 242 | 908 |
| 2020 | 239 | 931 |
| 2021 | 357 | 723 |
| 2022 | 348 | 739 |
| 2023 | 348 | 751 |
| 2024 | 319 | 790 |
| 2025 | 383 | 701 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.