Ridge

What Ridge means

From the word “ridge”

From ridge

Source: Wiktionary, “Ridge” (revision 93787675), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Ridge?

US: Rising: up from #934 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 599 boys got the name (#505 that year). First in the US records in 1948.

How common

• About 1 in 3,018 baby boys 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 WY (6.42 per 1,000 boys), ID (2.9 per 1,000 boys), MT (2.66 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Ridge is #529 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.1% of US babies named Ridge were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Rydge8 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.

If you like Ridge

Boys

• Wells#345“spring”^*
• Bellamy#721“fair + friend”^*
• Dean#125“valley”^*
• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*
• Calvin#132“bald”^*
• Macklin#998Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #998 vs #5,137 in 2025

For a sister

• Murphy#397“descendant of Murrough”^*
• Blake#295“black”^*
• Fallon#778“descendant of Fallamhan”^*
• Sutton#181“south + town”^*
• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025
• Merritt#703Editor’s note Used for both: 77% of US babies named Merritt in 2025 were girls

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ridge’s. Rank is US 2025.