Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Bristol.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1915
Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.
See the 49 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1915 | 8 |
| 1916 | 6 |
| 1918 | 5 |
| 1919 | 9 |
| 1930 | 5 |
| 1942 | 4 |
| 1958 | 2 |
| 1972 | 3 |
| 1978 | 3 |
| 1979 | 3 |
| 1984 | 3 |
| 1985 | 3 |
| 1986 | 5 |
| 1987 | 3 |
| 1990 | 3 |
| 1991 | 2 |
| 1993 | 5 |
| 1994 | 3 |
| 1995 | 3 |
| 1996 | 7 |
| 1997 | 4 |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 1999 | 4 |
| 2000 | 6 |
| 2001 | 6 |
| 2002 | 7 |
| 2003 | 11 |
| 2004 | 8 |
| 2005 | 8 |
| 2006 | 11 |
| 2007 | 13 |
| 2008 | 11 |
| 2009 | 20 |
| 2010 | 14 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 6 |
| 2014 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 12 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Bristol isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.
More like it
More like Bristol
- Brystol, Sounds similar
- Pistol, Sounds similar
- Chrystal, Sounds similar
- Cristal, Sounds similar
- Krystal, Sounds similar
- Crystal, Sounds similar
- Brighten, Sounds similar, popular the same years
- Brockton, Sounds similar, popular the same years
- Brighton, Sounds similar, popular the same years
- Broxton, Sounds similar, popular the same years
- Braxton, Sounds similar
- Breighton, Sounds similar
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 2025
- 8
- Rank in 2025
- #8,910
- How rare
- 1 in 213,509 boys
- Since 1915
- 573
Most popular in 2009, at 20 per million boys born.
Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 25% per million boys born.
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.