How Many People Are Named Brigit?
people named Brigit are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 288,669 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,238 babies named Brigit in Social Security records from 1954 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
46 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Old Irish form of BRIDGET.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Brigit in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brigit alive today is about 37 years old, and 52% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brigit first appears in the records in 1954 and was given most often in 1976, to 46 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1954 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Brigit has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,938, in 1976.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,938 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,775 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brigit alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brigit were born in California than in any other state: about 67 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brigit was given about 5.1 times as often in California.
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