Ridge Boy
How popular is Ridge?
#529 boy name in 2025
566 baby boys were named Ridge in the US in 2025, making it the 529th most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
Ridge popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #529 for boys (▼ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 566 boys, 5 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+150% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #934 in 2015, #625 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (599 boys) |
| Highest rank | #505 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1948 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ridge counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ridge family of names ranked #512 for boys in 2025 (#506 the year before), with 574 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ridge | 566 | 99% |
| Rydge | 8 | 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 Ridge is most popular
Babies named Ridge per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Montana: 2.8 per 1,000 (50 boys)
- South Dakota: 2.5 per 1,000 (47 boys)
- Utah: 2.1 per 1,000 (198 boys)
- Idaho: 2.0 per 1,000 (83 boys)
- Nebraska: 1.5 per 1,000 (66 boys)
Ridge by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1950s | 30 | #3,175 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,064 |
| 1980s | 230 | #969 |
| 1990s | 1,082 | #1,013 |
| 2000s | 984 | #1,298 |
| 2010s | 2,324 | #614 |
| 2020s | 3,227 | #505 |
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Questions
- Is Ridge a boy or girl name?
- Ridge is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ridge were boys.
- How popular is the name Ridge?
- 566 baby boys were named Ridge in the US in 2025, making it the 529th most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
- When was Ridge most popular?
- Ridge peaked in 2023, when 599 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #505 in 2023.
- How many people are named Ridge?
- 7,911 babies have been named Ridge in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,814 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Ridge most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ridge was most common in Montana, at 2.8 of every 1,000 boys 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.