Bridgette
#2,117 for girls in 2025, 88 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1973 · 595 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 23,904since 1943
Bridgette over time
Rank among girls' names. Bridgette has never cracked the top 300 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 | #2,117 | 88 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,231 | 84 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,336 | 78 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,208 | 85 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,608 | 66 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,302 | 77 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,961 | 99 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,014 | 97 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,721 | 123 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,656 | 130 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,532 | 146 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,479 | 151 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,351 | 172 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,264 | 190 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,311 | 179 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,348 | 174 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,218 | 204 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,345 | 182 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,303 | 187 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,136 | 217 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,121 | 210 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,102 | 207 | — | |
| 2003 | #933 | 252 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,008 | 217 | — | |
| 2001 | #946 | 234 | — | |
| 2000 | #874 | 252 | — | |
| 1999 | #778 | 283 | — | |
| 1998 | #665 | 346 | — | |
| 1997 | #689 | 314 | — | |
| 1996 | #577 | 398 | — | |
| 1995 | #552 | 426 | — | |
| 1994 | #523 | 476 | — | |
| 1993 | #474 | 536 | — | |
| 1992 | #563 | 416 | — | |
| 1991 | #467 | 524 | — | |
| 1990 | #440 | 569 | — | |
| 1989 | #436 | 563 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #406 | 588 | — | |
| 1987 | #455 | 487 | — | |
| 1986 | #431 | 499 | — | |
| 1985 | #440 | 496 | — | |
| 1984 | #432 | 484 | — | |
| 1983 | #447 | 460 | — | |
| 1982 | #473 | 443 | — | |
| 1981 | #475 | 446 | — | |
| 1980 | #482 | 436 | — | |
| 1979 | #498 | 405 | — | |
| 1978 | #489 | 397 | — | |
| 1977 | #458 | 431 | — | |
| 1976 | #454 | 425 | — | |
| 1975 | #436 | 454 | — | |
| 1974 | #438 | 445 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #356 | 595 | — | |
| 1972 | #388 | 541 | — | |
| 1971 | #423 | 494 | — | |
| 1970 | #379 | 630 | — | |
| 1969 | #387 | 591 | — | |
| 1968 | #386 | 563 | — | |
| 1967 | #383 | 575 | — | |
| 1966 | #367 | 612 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #420 | 494 | — | |
| 1964 | #450 | 472 | — | |
| 1963 | #451 | 458 | — | |
| 1962 | #457 | 447 | — | |
| 1961 | #504 | 376 | — | |
| 1960 | #500 | 374 | — | |
| 1959 | #571 | 294 | — | |
| 1958 | #704 | 196 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,274 | 68 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,506 | 50 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,480 | 47 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,875 | 31 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,622 | 37 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | — | |
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| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Bridgette! It came in at #4,691, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1945, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Bridgette is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#163 · 1 in 728
- District of Columbia#169 · 1 in 734
- Georgia#208 · 1 in 1,074
- Alabama#216 · 1 in 1,151
- North Carolina#237 · 1 in 1,526
Best ever in a state: #149 in Kentucky, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #163 | 44 | 1 in 728 |
| District of Columbia | #169 | 15 | 1 in 734 |
| Georgia | #208 | 36 | 1 in 1,074 |
| Alabama | #216 | 24 | 1 in 1,151 |
| North Carolina | #237 | 26 | 1 in 1,526 |
| Tennessee | #255 | 19 | 1 in 1,596 |
| Maryland | #285 | 14 | 1 in 1,953 |
| Missouri | #291 | 18 | 1 in 1,921 |
| Virginia | #306 | 15 | 1 in 2,285 |
| Florida | #320 | 21 | 1 in 2,042 |
| New Jersey | #333 | 20 | 1 in 2,580 |
| Minnesota | #348 | 9 | 1 in 3,262 |
| Mississippi | #348 | 9 | 1 in 2,167 |
| Oklahoma | #348 | 7 | 1 in 2,233 |
| Arizona | #354 | 7 | 1 in 1,828 |
| Illinois | #368 | 31 | 1 in 2,838 |
| Michigan | #372 | 24 | 1 in 3,064 |
| Texas | #374 | 41 | 1 in 2,241 |
| California | #385 | 64 | 1 in 2,402 |
| South Carolina | #388 | 8 | 1 in 2,654 |
| Connecticut | #397 | 6 | 1 in 3,674 |
| Kentucky | #400 | 7 | 1 in 3,547 |
| Indiana | #404 | 12 | 1 in 3,505 |
| New York | #412 | 43 | 1 in 3,391 |
| Ohio | #445 | 19 | 1 in 4,483 |
| Pennsylvania | #452 | 19 | 1 in 4,712 |
| Wisconsin | #493 | 5 | 1 in 7,111 |
| Washington | #514 | 5 | 1 in 4,275 |
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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 Bridgette
- 114 spots since 2024 (#2,231 → #2,117)
- 185 spots since 2020 (#2,302 → #2,117)
- 585 spots since 2015 (#1,532 → #2,117)
- Biggest jump: 570 spots in 1958 (#1,274 → #704)
- Biggest drop: 169 spots in 2004 (#933 → #1,102)
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1973 at #356 (595 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1958–2001
- Highest: 1 in 2,451 girls born in 1973 were named Bridgette (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,264 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 20.8% of all girls named Bridgette (4,962) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 52 | #2,850 (1949) | #3,670 |
| 1950s | 782 | #571 (1959) | #1,609 |
| 1960s | 4,962 | #367 (1966) | #431 |
| 1970s | 4,817 | #356 (1973) | #432 |
| 1980s | 4,902 | #406 (1988) | #448 |
| 1990s | 4,288 | #440 (1990) | #573 |
| 2000s | 2,162 | #874 (2000) | #1,099 |
| 2010s | 1,461 | #1,264 (2012) | #1,564 |
| 2020s | 478 | #2,117 (2025) | #2,300 |
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.
Bridgette in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 2,765 of them was named Bridgette, which outranked 95.2% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 356,692 of them was named Bridgette, which outranked 13.0% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 592 names at #3,948; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.