# Ridge (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ridge/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,911 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,893 / 18 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From ridge. Originating from Middle English.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 8,431 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,754 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 122 | 1,375 |
| 2012 | 146 | 1,220 |
| 2013 | 170 | 1,095 |
| 2014 | 167 | 1,140 |
| 2015 | 226 | 937 |
| 2016 | 249 | 880 |
| 2017 | 325 | 735 |
| 2018 | 344 | 706 |
| 2019 | 443 | 617 |
| 2020 | 429 | 629 |
| 2021 | 506 | 560 |
| 2022 | 562 | 531 |
| 2023 | 599 | 505 |
| 2024 | 565 | 529 |
| 2025 | 566 | 530 |

## In other languages

- German: Riedel

## People named Ridge

- Ridge Munsy, Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer

## 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.