How common is the surname Baldridge?

5,996 people in the United States had the surname Baldridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,492 Americans. It ranked 5,778th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Baldridge getting more or less common?

More common. 5,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,996 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Baldridge

A surname, carried by 5,996 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baldridge is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,996 people named Baldridge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,492 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,853.

#5,778

rank among US surnames

5,996

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,466)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,769	Wiegand	6,004	51,423
#5,773	Carper	6,002	51,440
#5,776	Eicher	5,997	51,483
#5,778	Folk	5,996	51,492
#5,780	Durst	5,995	51,501
#5,781	Vansickle	5,994	51,509
#5,782	Tankersley	5,990	51,543

Who is named Baldridge

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Baldridge identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Baldridge

Baldridge has the Soundex code B436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B436.

Questions

How common is the surname Baldridge?: 5,996 people in the United States had the surname Baldridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,492 Americans. It ranked 5,778th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baldridge?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Baldridge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Baldridge getting more or less common?: More common. 5,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,996 in 2010, up 2.4%.