Bristol is a girl name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Bristol means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Bristol across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Bristol has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Bristol is a girl name of English origin meaning “the site of a bridge”. An English city name used as a given name.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 11,616 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Bristol per year, United States (1915 to 2025). United States peaked in 2019 (801/yr).
Bristol has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2019, when it ranked #793 nationally (given to 801 babies that year).
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