Feminine dossier · first seen 1973

Bristol

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Bristol
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2019

Peak rank proxy

788

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1973Peak 20192024

Peak year

2019

Decline from peak

41.2%

2024

463

All-time

10,659

Bristol has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2019, when 788 girls were named Bristol.

In 2024, only 463 girls were given the name.

Down 41.2% from its peak.

All told, about 10,659 Americans have been named Bristol and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1973.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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