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

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Peak · girls
1973 · 595 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
23,904
since 1943

Bridgette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Bridgette has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #356, 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
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2025#2,11788—
2024#2,23184—
2023#2,33678—
2022#2,20885—
2021#2,60866—
2020#2,30277—
2019#1,96199—
2018#2,01497—
2017#1,721123—
2016#1,656130—
2015#1,532146—
2014#1,479151—
2013#1,351172—
2012#1,264190—
2011#1,311179—
2010#1,348174—
2009#1,218204—
2008#1,345182—
2007#1,303187—
2006#1,136217—
2005#1,121210—
2004#1,102207—
2003#933252—
2002#1,008217—
2001#946234—
2000#874252—
1999#778283—
1998#665346—
1997#689314—
1996#577398—
1995#552426—
1994#523476—
1993#474536—
1992#563416—
1991#467524—
1990#440569—
1989#436563#6,9416
1988#406588—
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1985#440496—
1984#432484—
1983#447460—
1982#473443—
1981#475446—
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1979#498405—
1978#489397—
1977#458431—
1976#454425—
1975#436454—
1974#438445#5,2275
1973#356595—
1972#388541—
1971#423494—
1970#379630—
1969#387591—
1968#386563—
1967#383575—
1966#367612#3,9485
1965#420494—
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1958#704196—
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First appearance
1943

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 1967

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedMNIllinois: #423 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,418 girlsILWisconsin: #405 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,170 girlsWIMichigan: #354 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,850 girlsMINew York: #496 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 4,359 girlsNYMassachusetts: #565 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,715 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedIAIndiana: #452 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,527 girlsINOhio: #336 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 2,585 girlsOHPennsylvania: #483 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,023 girlsPANew Jersey: #515 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,963 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #384 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 2,353 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedNEMissouri: #308 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,094 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedWVVirginia: #250 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,522 girlsVAMaryland: #244 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,432 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedKSArkansas: #292 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,682 girlsARTennessee: #394 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,324 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #229 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,359 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #403 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,928 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #245 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,324 girlsDCOklahoma: #378 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,598 girlsOKLouisiana: #177 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 780 girlsLAMississippi: #367 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,336 girlsMSAlabama: #281 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,671 girlsALGeorgia: #207 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,085 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Bridgette, so not publishedHITexas: #346 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 1,956 girlsTXFlorida: #240 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,294 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#177 · 1 in 780
  2. Georgia#207 · 1 in 1,085
  3. North Carolina#229 · 1 in 1,359
  4. Florida#240 · 1 in 1,294
  5. Maryland#244 · 1 in 1,432

Best ever in a state: #149 in Kentucky, 1985.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#177401 in 780
Georgia#207341 in 1,085
North Carolina#229291 in 1,359
Florida#240321 in 1,294
Maryland#244181 in 1,432
District of Columbia#24581 in 1,324
Virginia#250221 in 1,522
Alabama#281161 in 1,671
Arkansas#29281 in 1,682
Missouri#308161 in 2,094
Ohio#336321 in 2,585
Texas#346471 in 1,956
Michigan#354251 in 2,850
Mississippi#36781 in 2,336
Oklahoma#37861 in 2,598
California#384651 in 2,353
Tennessee#39491 in 3,324
South Carolina#40371 in 2,928
Wisconsin#40581 in 4,170
Illinois#423251 in 3,418
Indiana#45291 in 4,527
Pennsylvania#483171 in 5,023
New York#496321 in 4,359
New Jersey#515101 in 4,963
Massachusetts#56551 in 8,715
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1943
  • Peaked 1973 at #356 (595 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1958–2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,451
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 20.8% of all girls named Bridgette (4,962) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s52#2,850 (1949)#3,670
1950s782#571 (1959)#1,609
1960s4,962#367 (1966)#431
1970s4,817#356 (1973)#432
1980s4,902#406 (1988)#448
1990s4,288#440 (1990)#573
2000s2,162#874 (2000)#1,099
2010s1,461#1,264 (2012)#1,564
2020s478#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 1967

girls
#383
575 births · 1 in 2,871 girls

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #383Bridgette575
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 2,871 of them was named Bridgette, which outranked 95.1% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bridgette
  1. #380Ingrid578
  2. #381Delores576
  3. #381Irma576
  4. #383Bridgette575
  5. #384Mildred570
  6. #385Emma564
  7. #386Deanne561
Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,873Anissa#2,519 → #646
  2. ↑ 1,660Buffy#2,453 → #793
  3. ↑ 1,522Nichelle#2,022 → #500
  4. ↑ 893Josette#1,621 → #728
  5. ↑ 862Lissette#1,600 → #738
Fallers
  1. ↓ 792Tatia#668 → #1,460
  2. ↓ 531Inger#929 → #1,460
  3. ↓ 400Sonji#639 → #1,039
  4. ↓ 389Sunday#983 → #1,372
  5. ↓ 325Cinda#944 → #1,269

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

See the top 100 for 1967 →