Bridgette
Bridgette is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 84 births. Its best rank was 356th, in 1973.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 840.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1970629 births
- Best rank
- #356in 1973
- Since 1943
- 23,815people given the name
The story in the numbers
23,815 girls have been named Bridgette in the United States since 1943, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 629 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1960s alone account for 21%. It has spent 45 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Bridgette | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 52 | |
| 1950s | 782 | |
| 1960s | 4,962 | |
| 1970s | 4,817 | |
| 1980s | 4,902 | |
| 1990s | 4,288 | |
| 2000s | 2,162 | |
| 2010s | 1,460 | |
| 2020s | 390 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Bridgette was the 379th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Bridgette
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brigettepeak 1968
- Richellepeak 1969
- Tuesdaypeak 1966
- Leeannepeak 1970
- Seanapeak 1969
- Daynapeak 1988
- Michellapeak 1990
- Deeannapeak 1969
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.