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
- Peak · girls
- 1973 · 2,763 births
- Debut · girls
- 35 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 92,367since 1880
Bridget over time
Rank among girls' names. Bridget has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #724 | 385 | — | |
| 2024 | #706 | 398 | — | |
| 2023 | #749 | 376 | — | |
| 2022 | #793 | 356 | — | |
| 2021 | #721 | 396 | — | |
| 2020 | #749 | 363 | — | |
| 2019 | #733 | 385 | — | |
| 2018 | #717 | 398 | — | |
| 2017 | #676 | 434 | — | |
| 2016 | #594 | 509 | — | |
| 2015 | #534 | 583 | — | |
| 2014 | #538 | 579 | — | |
| 2013 | #529 | 565 | — | |
| 2012 | #453 | 684 | — | |
| 2011 | #470 | 630 | — | |
| 2010 | #447 | 687 | — | |
| 2009 | #424 | 753 | — | |
| 2008 | #394 | 820 | — | |
| 2007 | #357 | 909 | — | |
| 2006 | #350 | 945 | — | |
| 2005 | #329 | 971 | — | |
| 2004 | #309 | 1,035 | — | |
| 2003 | #301 | 1,029 | — | |
| 2002 | #288 | 1,076 | — | |
| 2001 | #274 | 1,156 | — | |
| 2000 | #274 | 1,167 | — | |
| 1999 | #246 | 1,292 | — | |
| 1998 | #237 | 1,287 | — | |
| 1997 | #235 | 1,281 | — | |
| 1996 | #192 | 1,530 | — | |
| 1995 | #201 | 1,469 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #174 | 1,698 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #179 | 1,629 | — | |
| 1992 | #201 | 1,414 | — | |
| 1991 | #207 | 1,447 | — | |
| 1990 | #191 | 1,548 | — | |
| 1989 | #174 | 1,635 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #178 | 1,566 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #180 | 1,540 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #172 | 1,577 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #173 | 1,613 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #162 | 1,685 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #162 | 1,748 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #147 | 2,006 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #150 | 1,899 | — | |
| 1980 | #153 | 1,832 | — | |
| 1979 | #161 | 1,736 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #163 | 1,685 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #165 | 1,643 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #154 | 1,706 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #143 | 1,862 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #134 | 2,082 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #112 | 2,763 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #156 | 1,867 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #181 | 1,711 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #179 | 1,815 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #197 | 1,597 | — | |
| 1968 | #208 | 1,454 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #203 | 1,555 | — | |
| 1966 | #198 | 1,629 | — | |
| 1965 | #213 | 1,543 | — | |
| 1964 | #225 | 1,480 | — | |
| 1963 | #228 | 1,448 | — | |
| 1962 | #227 | 1,407 | — | |
| 1961 | #254 | 1,211 | — | |
| 1960 | #265 | 1,151 | — | |
| 1959 | #272 | 1,052 | — | |
| 1958 | #331 | 798 | — | |
| 1957 | #362 | 627 | — | |
| 1956 | #364 | 577 | — | |
| 1955 | #362 | 583 | — | |
| 1954 | #404 | 459 | — | |
| 1953 | #371 | 526 | — | |
| 1952 | #391 | 442 | — | |
| 1951 | #495 | 274 | — | |
| 1950 | #551 | 226 | — | |
| 1949 | #561 | 220 | — | |
| 1948 | #629 | 172 | — | |
| 1947 | #658 | 161 | — | |
| 1946 | #815 | 103 | — | |
| 1945 | #773 | 93 | — | |
| 1944 | #893 | 73 | — | |
| 1943 | #944 | 69 | — | |
| 1942 | #950 | 68 | — | |
| 1941 | #773 | 87 | — | |
| 1940 | #868 | 67 | — | |
| 1939 | #960 | 54 | — | |
| 1938 | #803 | 77 | — | |
| 1937 | #992 | 50 | — | |
| 1936 | #795 | 72 | — | |
| 1935 | #855 | 65 | — | |
| 1934 | #794 | 71 | — | |
| 1933 | #865 | 60 | — | |
| 1932 | #875 | 63 | — | |
| 1931 | #758 | 78 | — | |
| 1930 | #956 | 58 | — | |
| 1929 | #777 | 81 | — | |
| 1928 | #902 | 66 | — | |
| 1927 | #911 | 67 | — | |
| 1926 | #926 | 65 | — | |
| 1925 | #913 | 66 | — | |
| 1924 | #829 | 81 | — | |
| 1923 | #953 | 60 | — | |
| 1922 | #808 | 81 | — | |
| 1921 | #837 | 78 | — | |
| 1920 | #865 | 70 | — | |
| 1919 | #765 | 84 | — | |
| 1918 | #727 | 97 | — | |
| 1917 | #812 | 72 | — | |
| 1916 | #706 | 95 | — | |
| 1915 | #675 | 95 | — | |
| 1914 | #747 | 59 | — | |
| 1913 | #758 | 48 | — | |
| 1912 | #704 | 51 | — | |
| 1911 | #777 | 31 | — | |
| 1910 | #705 | 36 | — | |
| 1909 | #566 | 46 | — | |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 | — | |
| 1907 | #649 | 33 | — | |
| 1906 | #611 | 34 | — | |
| 1905 | #620 | 32 | — | |
| 1904 | #640 | 29 | — | |
| 1903 | #712 | 22 | — | |
| 1902 | #591 | 31 | — | |
| 1901 | #520 | 34 | — | |
| 1900 | #531 | 40 | — | |
| 1899 | #664 | 22 | — | |
| 1898 | #571 | 32 | — | |
| 1897 | #425 | 47 | — | |
| 1896 | #487 | 36 | — | |
| 1895 | #530 | 31 | — | |
| 1894 | #475 | 35 | — | |
| 1893 | #422 | 41 | — | |
| 1892 | #465 | 34 | — | |
| 1891 | #430 | 34 | — | |
| 1890 | #384 | 42 | — | |
| 1889 | #439 | 30 | — | |
| 1888 | #387 | 39 | — | |
| 1887 | #367 | 34 | — | |
| 1886 | #318 | 43 | — | |
| 1885 | #329 | 38 | — | |
| 1884 | #322 | 37 | — | |
| 1883 | #336 | 28 | — | |
| 1882 | #317 | 31 | — | |
| 1881 | #275 | 34 | — | |
| 1880 | #261 | 35 | — | |
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 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#335 · 1 in 4,306
- New York#377 · 1 in 4,722
- Pennsylvania#542 · 1 in 10,714
Best ever in a state: #54 in Louisiana, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #335 | 6 | 1 in 4,306 |
| New York | #377 | 19 | 1 in 4,722 |
| Pennsylvania | #542 | 7 | 1 in 10,714 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bridget
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1973 at #112 (2,763 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 528 girls born in 1973 were named Bridget (0.19%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,175 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 20.4% of all girls named Bridget (18,870) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 349 | #261 (1880) | #335 |
| 1890s | 354 | #384 (1890) | #485 |
| 1900s | 326 | #520 (1901) | #621 |
| 1910s | 668 | #675 (1915) | #738 |
| 1920s | 715 | #777 (1929) | #872 |
| 1930s | 648 | #758 (1931) | #865 |
| 1940s | 1,113 | #561 (1949) | #786 |
| 1950s | 5,564 | #272 (1959) | #390 |
| 1960s | 14,475 | #197 (1969) | #222 |
| 1970s | 18,870 | #112 (1973) | #155 |
| 1980s | 17,101 | #147 (1982) | #165 |
| 1990s | 14,595 | #174 (1994) | #206 |
| 2000s | 9,861 | #274 (2000) | #330 |
| 2010s | 5,454 | #447 (2010) | #569 |
| 2020s | 2,274 | #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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 17,068 of them was named Bridget, which outranked 82.7% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).