Bridget
Bridget is ranked 703rd among girls in 2024 (398 births). Its best rank was 112th, in 1973.
- Rank in 2024
- #703up 44 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3980.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 19732,763 births
- Best rank
- #112in 1973
- Since 1880
- 91,985people given the name
The story in the numbers
91,985 girls have been named Bridget in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1973, with 2,763 births — 0.19% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 538 → 703).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1981, and the 1970s alone account for 21%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Bridget | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 349 | |
| 1890s | 354 | |
| 1900s | 326 | |
| 1910s | 668 | |
| 1920s | 715 | |
| 1930s | 648 | |
| 1940s | 1,113 | |
| 1950s | 5,564 | |
| 1960s | 14,476 | |
| 1970s | 18,870 | |
| 1980s | 17,103 | |
| 1990s | 14,595 | |
| 2000s | 9,861 | |
| 2010s | 5,454 | |
| 2020s | 1,889 |
In 1973, its biggest year
Bridget was the 112th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1973 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Kimberly and Lisa. See all of 1973.
Names that rose and fell with Bridget
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Corinapeak 1992
- Leticiapeak 1980
- Daynapeak 1988
- Monicapeak 1979
- Aracelispeak 1971
- Jinapeak 1970
- Andreapeak 1981
- Bridgettepeak 1970
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.