Brigit
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 46 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,238since 1954
Brigit over time
Rank among girls' names. Brigit has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 |
| 2002 | #4,621 | 26 |
| 2001 | #4,025 | 31 |
| 2000 | #3,886 | 32 |
| 1999 | #3,509 | 35 |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 |
| 1997 | #3,302 | 35 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 |
| 1994 | #3,302 | 34 |
| 1993 | #3,585 | 30 |
| 1992 | #3,866 | 27 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 |
| 1977 | #2,780 | 29 |
| 1976 | #1,936 | 46 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 |
| 1974 | #2,254 | 35 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 |
| 1967 | #2,706 | 21 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,412 | 26 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Brigit! It came in at #5,753, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1954–1956, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Brigit
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1976 at #1,936 (46 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 31,850 girls born in 1976 were named Brigit (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 23.4% of all girls named Brigit (290) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 39 | #2,869 (1959) | #4,336 |
| 1960s | 172 | #2,412 (1964) | #3,196 |
| 1970s | 258 | #1,936 (1976) | #3,084 |
| 1980s | 160 | #4,126 (1985) | #4,787 |
| 1990s | 290 | #3,302 (1997) | #3,824 |
| 2000s | 218 | #3,886 (2000) | #6,314 |
| 2010s | 90 | #6,904 (2010) | #10,196 |
| 2020s | 11 | #13,453 (2020) | #14,352 |
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.
Brigit in 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 31,850 of them was named Brigit, which outranked 82.3% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,912Tenika47
- #1,912Tommi47
- #1,912Tonika47
- #1,936Brigit46
- #1,936Alesia46
- #1,936Bethanie46
- #1,936Courtenay46
- #1,968Adam45
- #1,968Alyce45
- #1,968Carlye45
Tied with 31 names at #1,936; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.