Bristol Girl
How popular is Bristol?
#728 girl name in 2025
382 baby girls were named Bristol in the US in 2025, making it the 728th most popular girl name. Another 8 boys got the name (#8,906 for boys).
Bristol popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #728 for girls (▼ 89 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 382 girls, 8 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-46% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #448 in 2015, #491 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (788 girls) |
| Highest rank | #390 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1973 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bristol counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Bristol family of names ranked #622 for girls in 2025 (#561 the year before), with 442 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 382 | 86% |
| Brystol | 42 | 10% |
| Brystal | 12 | 3% |
| Bristyl | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Bristol is most popular
Babies named Bristol per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 2.6 per 1,000 (69 girls)
- North Dakota: 1.6 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Kansas: 1.4 per 1,000 (79 girls)
- Iowa: 1.4 per 1,000 (80 girls)
- South Dakota: 1.3 per 1,000 (19 girls)
Bristol by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1980s | 84 | #3,982 |
| 1990s | 136 | #4,793 |
| 2000s | 710 | #666 |
| 2010s | 6,767 | #390 |
| 2020s | 3,340 | #453 |
Girl names about as popular as Bristol
Questions
- Is Bristol a boy or girl name?
- Bristol is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Bristol were girls.
- How popular is the name Bristol?
- 382 baby girls were named Bristol in the US in 2025, making it the 728th most popular girl name. Another 8 boys got the name (#8,906 for boys).
- When was Bristol most popular?
- Bristol peaked in 2019, when 788 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #390 in 2019.
- How many people are named Bristol?
- 11,616 babies have been named Bristol in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,513 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Bristol most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bristol was most common in West Virginia, at 2.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.