Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bridges through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 69 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,326 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,326 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 186 as a first name in 2020; 51,385 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.
Bridges’s family of names
In English usage, Bridges as a surname has a related form in BRIDGE. In English usage, Bridges as a surname has a related form in BRIDGEN.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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