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Bristol Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Bristol?

The less frequently given name Bristol was the 513th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 1000 contender has seen rankings outside of the top 1000.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #418 in 2013.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2014 with 754 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Bristol was less than 5, most recently in 1996.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Bristol occurred roughly during the years 1988-1991, and 2005-2011, whereas 1992-1994 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Bristol has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Bristol popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very high point.

Bristol's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. however, the number of children named Bristol lately has dropped.

The name Bristol still has a solid footing but has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Bristol (Girl)Bristol (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 605 513 20 4,736
2017 638 489 19 4,950
2016 587 527 15 5,807
2015 705 446 12 6,715
2014 754 424 20 4,712
2013 726 418 12 6,647
2012 717 434 6 10,967
2011 719 434 12 6,638
2010 516 563 27 3,822
2009 436 667 40 2,951
2008 65 2,772 23 4,276
2007 31 4,704 26 3,910
2006 30 4,703 22 4,241
2005 24 5,295 16 5,063
2004 31 4,408 16 5,035
2003 26 4,817 21 3,993
2002 31 4,084 14 5,165
2001 19 5,850 12 5,712
2000 15 6,858 12 5,616
1999 16 6,234 8 7,233
1998 22 4,817 8 6,930
1997 11 7,842 8 6,688
1996 < 5 -- 13 4,640
1995 13 6,700 5 9,036
1994 14 6,371 5 8,957
1993 12 7,096 9 5,818
1992 16 5,759 < 5 --
1991 19 5,018 5 8,358
1990 13 6,512 7 6,482
1989 9 8,126 < 5 --
1988 6 10,537 < 5 --
1987 17 4,676 5 7,079
1986 < 5 -- 9 4,506
1985 20 3,994 5 6,642
1984 8 7,478 5 6,439
1983 6 9,155 < 5 --
1982 8 7,559 < 5 --
1981 < 5 -- < 5 --
1980 9 6,851 < 5 --
1979 < 5 -- 5 6,163
1978 < 5 -- 5 5,911
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1973 6 7,524 < 5 --
1972 < 5 -- 5 5,074
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.