Bridget

#724 for girls in 2025, 385 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #6,407
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1973 · 2,763 births
Debut · girls
35 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
92,367
since 1880

Bridget over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Bridget has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201896peak #112, 1973girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#724385—
2024#706398—
2023#749376—
2022#793356—
2021#721396—
2020#749363—
2019#733385—
2018#717398—
2017#676434—
2016#594509—
2015#534583—
2014#538579—
2013#529565—
2012#453684—
2011#470630—
2010#447687—
2009#424753—
2008#394820—
2007#357909—
2006#350945—
2005#329971—
2004#3091,035—
2003#3011,029—
2002#2881,076—
2001#2741,156—
2000#2741,167—
1999#2461,292—
1998#2371,287—
1997#2351,281—
1996#1921,530—
1995#2011,469#6,4078
1994#1741,698#5,8689
1993#1791,629—
1992#2011,414—
1991#2071,447—
1990#1911,548—
1989#1741,635#5,6158
1988#1781,566#5,7517
1987#1801,540#5,4597
1986#1721,577#6,7215
1985#1731,613#3,40113
1984#1621,685#5,5616
1983#1621,748#4,4998
1982#1472,006#6,3855
1981#1501,899—
1980#1531,832—
1979#1611,736#6,0565
1978#1631,685#4,5547
1977#1651,643#5,8455
1976#1541,706#4,4187
1975#1431,862#3,6599
1974#1342,082#4,6346
1973#1122,763#4,0547
1972#1561,867#3,6228
1971#1811,711#4,3756
1970#1791,815#4,2306
1969#1971,597—
1968#2081,454#3,1078
1967#2031,555—
1966#1981,629—
1965#2131,543—
1964#2251,480—
1963#2281,448—
1962#2271,407—
1961#2541,211—
1960#2651,151—
1959#2721,052—
1958#331798—
1957#362627—
1956#364577—
1955#362583—
1954#404459—
1953#371526—
1952#391442—
1951#495274—
1950#551226—
1949#561220—
1948#629172—
1947#658161—
1946#815103—
1945#77393—
1944#89373—
1943#94469—
1942#95068—
1941#77387—
1940#86867—
1939#96054—
1938#80377—
1937#99250—
1936#79572—
1935#85565—
1934#79471—
1933#86560—
1932#87563—
1931#75878—
1930#95658—
1929#77781—
1928#90266—
1927#91167—
1926#92665—
1925#91366—
1924#82981—
1923#95360—
1922#80881—
1921#83778—
1920#86570—
1919#76584—
1918#72797—
1917#81272—
1916#70695—
1915#67595—
1914#74759—
1913#75848—
1912#70451—
1911#77731—
1910#70536—
1909#56646—
1908#76825—
1907#64933—
1906#61134—
1905#62032—
1904#64029—
1903#71222—
1902#59131—
1901#52034—
1900#53140—
1899#66422—
1898#57132—
1897#42547—
1896#48736—
1895#53031—
1894#47535—
1893#42241—
1892#46534—
1891#43034—
1890#38442—
1889#43930—
1888#38739—
1887#36734—
1886#31843—
1885#32938—
1884#32237—
1883#33628—
1882#31731—
1881#27534—
1880#26135—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Bridget was already there! It came in at #261, and was given to 35 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1898–1899, when fewer than 33 girls a year got the name.

Where Bridget is popular in 1896

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Bridget
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 18 spots since 2024 (#706 → #724)
  • 25 spots since 2020 (#749 → #724)
  • 190 spots since 2015 (#534 → #724)
  • Biggest jump: 202 spots in 1909 (#768 → #566)
  • Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1937 (#795 → #992)
Rise & fade · girls
93 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1973 at #112 (2,763 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 528
  • Highest: 1 in 528 girls born in 1973 were named Bridget (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,175 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 20.4% of all girls named Bridget (18,870) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s349#261 (1880)#335
1890s354#384 (1890)#485
1900s326#520 (1901)#621
1910s668#675 (1915)#738
1920s715#777 (1929)#872
1930s648#758 (1931)#865
1940s1,113#561 (1949)#786
1950s5,564#272 (1959)#390
1960s14,475#197 (1969)#222
1970s18,870#112 (1973)#155
1980s17,101#147 (1982)#165
1990s14,595#174 (1994)#206
2000s9,861#274 (2000)#330
2010s5,454#447 (2010)#569
2020s2,274#706 (2024)#740

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Bridget in 1896

girls
#487
36 births · 1 in 6,609 girls

Top girls' names in 1896

  1. #1Mary13,811
  2. #2Anna5,860
  3. #3Helen4,392
  4. #4Margaret4,050
  5. #5Ruth3,905
  6. #6Ethel3,502
  7. #7Elizabeth3,471
  8. #8Florence3,323
  9. #9Marie3,087
  10. #10Emma2,872
  11. #487Bridget36
More about 1896

girls

237,918 girls got a published name in 1896; 1 in 6,609 of them was named Bridget, which outranked 73.3% of the 1,825 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bridget
  1. #478Patricia37
  2. #478Veda37
  3. #478Wilda37
  4. #487Bridget36
  5. #487Althea36
  6. #487Anastasia36
  7. #487Carol36
  8. #499Adelia35
  9. #499Dona35
  10. #499Kitty35

Tied with 11 names at #487; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. ↑ 749Jeanie#1,592 → #843
  2. ↑ 698Vernice#1,426 → #728
  3. ↑ 689Buena#1,592 → #903
  4. ↑ 689Odell#1,592 → #903
  5. ↑ 642Albertina#1,592 → #950
Fallers
  1. ↓ 858Theodosia#725 → #1,583
  2. ↓ 794Dagmar#622 → #1,416
  3. ↓ 725Carl#858 → #1,583
  4. ↓ 691Palma#725 → #1,416
  5. ↓ 690Adline#893 → #1,583

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1896 →