Bristol
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRIS-tul
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #728 for girls
Bristol is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “place at the bridge”. In 2025 it ranked 728th for girls in the US (382 babies).
What does Bristol mean?
English: from the English port city
“place at the bridge”
From the city of Bristol in south-west England, whose Old English name Brycgstow meant 'place at the bridge'.
Is Bristol a girl's or a boy's name?
Bristol is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 382 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Bristol in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 728th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 382 about 1 in 4,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 382 girls in the US were named Bristol, making it the 728th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 491st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 788 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973. 8 boys were also named Bristol in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Bristol than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Bristol in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 430 girls in the US were given Bristol or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #668, up from #728 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 73% of the babies named Bristol in the US in 1998, and 98% in 2025.
Bristol in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 382 | #728 |
| 2024 | 463 | #639 |
| 2023 | 574 | #529 |
| 2022 | 609 | #513 |
| 2021 | 691 | #453 |
| 2020 | 621 | #491 |
| 2019 | 788 | #390 |
| 2018 | 610 | #509 |
| 2017 | 638 | #490 |
| 2016 | 590 | #526 |
| 2015 | 705 | #448 |
| 2014 | 756 | #424 |
| 2013 | 726 | #418 |
| 2012 | 718 | #435 |
| 2011 | 719 | #435 |
| 2010 | 517 | #565 |
| 2009 | 438 | #666 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,773 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
Names like Bristol
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Palmer, Sol, Marigold, Esme, Marlowe, Briar, Baylor, Sawyer, Carter, Harper, Blakely, Parker
Other spellings of Bristol
Names related to Bristol
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Bristol: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bristol, updated 20 October 2026.