How Many People Are Named Bridget?
people named Bridget are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,049 people in the US has this name
Based on 92,517 babies named Bridget in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,770 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of the Irish name Brighid which means "exalted one". In Irish mythology this was the name of the goddess of fire, poetry and wisdom, the daughter of the god Dagda. In the 5th century it was borne by Saint Brigid, the founder of a monastery at Kildare and a patron saint of Ireland. Because of the saint, the name was considered sacred in Ireland, and it did not come into general use there until the 17th century. In the form Birgitta this name has been common in Scandinavia, made popular by the 14th-century Saint Birgitta of Sweden, patron saint of Europe.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Bridget in English. Counting Bridget and these spellings together, about 107,053 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Bridget (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bridget alive today is about 41 years old, and 58% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 28 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bridget first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1973, to 2,770 babies. In 2025, 385 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bridget has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #112, in 1973. In 2025 it ranked #724.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #724 |
| Best rank | #112 (1973) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #153 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bridget alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bridget were born in New York than in any other state: about 7,194 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bridget was given 1.7 times as often in Louisiana, 1.6 times in Massachusetts and 1.6 times in Minnesota.
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