Ridge
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Ridge is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “ridge of high land”. In 2025 it ranked 529th for boys in the US (566 babies).
What does Ridge mean?
English: English word and surname
“ridge of high land”
From the English word for a long, narrow hilltop, also a surname for someone who lived by one.
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- RIJ
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Is Ridge a girl's or a boy's name?
Ridge is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 566 boys in the US.
How popular is Ridge in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #529among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 566about 1 in 3,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 566 boys in the US were named Ridge, making it the 529th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 625th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 599 boys. It first appears in the records in 1948. 5 girls were also named Ridge in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ridge in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 574 boys in the US were given Ridge or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #522, up from #529 for this spelling alone.
- Ridge 566
- Rydge 8
Ridge in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 566 | #529 |
| 2024 | 565 | #527 |
| 2023 | 599 | #505 |
| 2022 | 562 | #531 |
| 2021 | 506 | #560 |
| 2020 | 429 | #625 |
| 2019 | 443 | #614 |
| 2018 | 344 | #703 |
| 2017 | 325 | #734 |
| 2016 | 249 | #878 |
| 2015 | 226 | #934 |
| 2014 | 167 | #1,137 |
| 2013 | 170 | #1,090 |
| 2012 | 146 | #1,218 |
| 2011 | 122 | #1,371 |
| 2010 | 132 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 135 | #1,298 |
| 2008 | 94 | #1,639 |
| 2007 | 90 | #1,681 |
| 2006 | 111 | #1,413 |
| 2005 | 112 | #1,342 |
| 2004 | 89 | #1,500 |
| 2003 | 92 | #1,428 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,421 |
| 2001 | 88 | #1,411 |
| 2000 | 82 | #1,483 |
| 1999 | 96 | #1,274 |
| 1998 | 109 | #1,143 |
| 1997 | 122 | #1,043 |
| 1996 | 111 | #1,086 |
| 1995 | 108 | #1,087 |
| 1994 | 119 | #1,013 |
| 1993 | 113 | #1,034 |
| 1992 | 107 | #1,055 |
| 1991 | 98 | #1,097 |
| 1990 | 99 | #1,061 |
| 1989 | 105 | #994 |
| 1988 | 99 | #969 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
Names like Ridge
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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