Girls' name · since 1970
Bridey
Since 1970, U.S. Social Security records show 44 babies named Bridey, peaking in 1971. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Bridey is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 44 have been recorded since 1970.
Bridey has 44 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2007.
- #36,373 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bridey ranks #36,373 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #36,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Bridey's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bridey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bridey's full recorded timeline at 1998, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bridey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2007
- Peak year (1971)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Bridey by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (23 births, 52% of the file).
1970s was Bridey's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Bridey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
23 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 23 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Bridey's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (23 total births) through the 2000s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bridey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bridey draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.