Bristol

What Bristol means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Bristol yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Bristol?

US: Falling: down from #448 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 788 girls got the name (#390 that year). First in the US records in 1973.

How common

• About 1 in 4,208 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (1.97 per 1,000 girls), IA (1.1 per 1,000 girls), SC (0.71 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Bristol is #728 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.9% of US babies named Bristol were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the UK pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Brystol42 US
• Brystal12 US
• Bristyl6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Brizzle

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Bristol

Girls

• Vivienne#172Variant of Vivian, possibly meaning “alive”^*
• Gemma#170“jewel”^*
• Paisley#67“pasture”^*
• Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Olive#197Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #47 vs #197 in 2025
• Charlotte#2Form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*

For a brother

• Bentley#215Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #92 in 2015, #215 in 2025
• Emmett#121Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”^*
• Knox#196“round hill”^*
• Charlie#145Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #22 vs #145 in 2025
• Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”^*
• Jameson#137Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #137 vs #1,093 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Bristol’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.