Bridger
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRIJ-er
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #701 for boys
Bridger is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “one who lived by a bridge”. In 2025 it ranked 701st for boys in the US (383 babies).
What does Bridger mean?
English: English occupational surname
“one who lived by a bridge”
Mountain man Jim Bridger (1804-1881) explored the American West; Fort Bridger in Wyoming bears his name.
Is Bridger a girl's or a boy's name?
Bridger is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 383 boys in the US.
How popular is Bridger in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #701among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 383about 1 in 4,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 383 boys in the US were named Bridger, making it the 701st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 931st. It first appears in the records in 1974. 5 girls were also named Bridger in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Bridger of any year since it first appeared, in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Bridger in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bridger in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 383 | #701 |
| 2024 | 319 | #790 |
| 2023 | 348 | #750 |
| 2022 | 348 | #739 |
| 2021 | 357 | #723 |
| 2020 | 239 | #931 |
| 2019 | 242 | #908 |
| 2018 | 229 | #927 |
| 2017 | 221 | #944 |
| 2016 | 263 | #855 |
| 2015 | 198 | #1,023 |
| 2014 | 211 | #986 |
| 2013 | 230 | #904 |
| 2012 | 217 | #936 |
| 2011 | 207 | #957 |
| 2010 | 219 | #920 |
| 2009 | 242 | #867 |
| 2008 | 206 | #968 |
| 2007 | 181 | #1,038 |
| 2006 | 167 | #1,070 |
| 2005 | 168 | #1,010 |
| 2004 | 158 | #1,033 |
| 2003 | 161 | #982 |
| 2002 | 149 | #1,025 |
| 2001 | 153 | #996 |
| 2000 | 144 | #1,013 |
| 1999 | 142 | #991 |
| 1998 | 108 | #1,156 |
| 1997 | 115 | #1,093 |
| 1996 | 93 | #1,204 |
| 1995 | 74 | #1,364 |
| 1994 | 58 | #1,576 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 41 | #1,950 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 32 | #2,209 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Names like Bridger
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Deacon Cannon Keegan Briar Brody Kayden Declan Finnegan Finn Aiden Ridge
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bridger: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bridger, updated 20 October 2026.