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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #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.

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 1977

girls
#165
1,643 births · 1 in 933 girls
boys
#5,845
5 births · 1 in 328,644 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #165Bridget1,643

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #5,845Bridget5
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 933 of them was named Bridget, which outranked 98.5% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bridget
  1. #162Trisha1,658
  2. #163Sheila1,656
  3. #164Diane1,644
  4. #165Bridget1,643
  5. #166Carmen1,630
  6. #167Marisa1,608
  7. #167Shanna1,608
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. 1,746Shawnte#2,486#740
  2. 1,077Jacklyn#2,060#983
  3. 775Talia#1,482#707
  4. 605Haley#1,047#442
  5. 576Raven#1,154#578
Fallers
  1. 1,033Liberty#543#1,576
  2. 464Luciana#545#1,009
  3. 441Danyel#999#1,440
  4. 428Chaka#897#1,325
  5. 322Catina#861#1,183

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

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 328,644 of them was named Bridget, which outranked 14.8% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bridget
  1. #5,123Zed6
  2. #5,123Zeferino6
  3. #5,123Zerick6
  4. #5,845Bridget5
  5. #5,845Aashish5
  6. #5,845Abby5
  7. #5,845Abdual5

Tied with 1,016 names at #5,845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. 5,102Lavar#5,587#485
  2. 4,753Kinte#5,587#834
  3. 969Jedidiah#1,873#904
  4. 811Conor#1,748#937
  5. 704Amin#1,608#904
Fallers
  1. 427Jerimy#963#1,390
  2. 322Demetrios#990#1,312
  3. 246Nakia#790#1,036
  4. 244Baron#977#1,221
  5. 235Hakim#878#1,113

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

See the top 100 for 1977