Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bridge through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 140
- 135 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,874 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +39%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,874 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 247 as a first name in 2020; 5,731 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bridge’s family of names
In English usage, Bridge as a surname has a related form in BRIDGES. In English usage, Bridge as a surname has a related form in BRIDGEN. In English usage, Bridge as a surname has a related form in BURDGE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bridge
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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