Bridget
Bridget was given to 385 girls in 2025, #724 among girls’ names; 92,517 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 84,100 Americans named Bridget and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 43 years old and half are between 29 and 55.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bridget by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Bridget mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Bridget is “a female given name from Irish.”
English form of the Irish saints' name Brighid, Brigid. Doublet of Bride.
/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Bridget?
#724 among girls’ names, 2025
Bridget fell from #534 in 2015 to #724 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.33 to 0.24 per 1,000.
2,770 babies in 1973, the peak
Bridget peaked in 1973, when 2,770 babies were given it (2,763 girls, #112 among girls’ names). The 385 births of 2025 are 14% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 385 | #724 | 0.24 |
| 2024 | 398 | #706 | 0.25 |
| 2023 | 376 | #750 | 0.23 |
| 2022 | 356 | #793 | 0.22 |
| 2021 | 396 | #722 | 0.24 |
| 2020 | 363 | #750 | 0.22 |
| 2019 | 385 | #733 | 0.23 |
| 2018 | 398 | #717 | 0.23 |
| 2017 | 434 | #676 | 0.25 |
| 2016 | 509 | #594 | 0.29 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 583 | #534 | 0.33 |
| 2014 | 579 | #538 | 0.32 |
| 2013 | 565 | #529 | 0.32 |
| 2012 | 684 | #453 | 0.39 |
| 2011 | 630 | #470 | 0.36 |
| 2010 | 687 | #447 | 0.39 |
| 2009 | 753 | #424 | 0.41 |
| 2008 | 820 | #394 | 0.43 |
| 2007 | 909 | #357 | 0.47 |
| 2006 | 945 | #350 | 0.50 |
| 2005 | 971 | #329 | 0.53 |
| 2004 | 1,035 | #309 | 0.56 |
| 2003 | 1,029 | #301 | 0.56 |
| 2002 | 1,076 | #288 | 0.60 |
| 2001 | 1,156 | #274 | 0.64 |
| 2000 | 1,167 | #274 | 0.64 |
| 1999 | 1,292 | #246 | 0.73 |
| 1998 | 1,287 | #237 | 0.73 |
| 1997 | 1,281 | #235 | 0.74 |
| 1996 | 1,530 | #192 | 0.87 |
| 1995 | 1,469 | #201 | 0.84 |
| 1994 | 1,698 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1993 | 1,629 | #179 | 0.90 |
| 1992 | 1,414 | #201 | 0.77 |
| 1991 | 1,447 | #207 | 0.77 |
| 1990 | 1,548 | #191 | 0.82 |
| 1989 | 1,635 | #174 | 0.89 |
| 1988 | 1,566 | #178 | 0.88 |
| 1987 | 1,540 | #180 | 0.89 |
| 1986 | 1,577 | #172 | 0.92 |
| 1985 | 1,613 | #173 | 0.94 |
| 1984 | 1,685 | #163 | 1.0 |
| 1983 | 1,748 | #162 | 1.0 |
| 1982 | 2,006 | #147 | 1.2 |
| 1981 | 1,899 | #150 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 1,832 | #153 | 1.1 |
| 1979 | 1,736 | #161 | 1.1 |
| 1978 | 1,685 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 1977 | 1,643 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1976 | 1,706 | #154 | 1.2 |
| 1975 | 1,862 | #143 | 1.3 |
| 1974 | 2,082 | #134 | 1.4 |
| 1973 | 2,763 | #112 | 1.9 |
| 1972 | 1,867 | #156 | 1.2 |
| 1971 | 1,711 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1970 | 1,815 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1969 | 1,597 | #197 | 0.95 |
| 1968 | 1,454 | #208 | 0.89 |
| 1967 | 1,555 | #203 | 0.94 |
| 1966 | 1,629 | #198 | 1.0 |
| 1965 | 1,543 | #213 | 0.87 |
| 1964 | 1,480 | #225 | 0.78 |
| 1963 | 1,448 | #228 | 0.75 |
| 1962 | 1,407 | #227 | 0.72 |
| 1961 | 1,211 | #254 | 0.60 |
| 1960 | 1,151 | #265 | 0.57 |
| 1959 | 1,052 | #272 | 0.52 |
| 1958 | 798 | #331 | 0.40 |
| 1957 | 627 | #362 | 0.31 |
| 1956 | 577 | #364 | 0.29 |
| 1955 | 583 | #362 | 0.30 |
| 1954 | 459 | #403 | 0.24 |
| 1953 | 526 | #370 | 0.28 |
| 1952 | 442 | #390 | 0.24 |
| 1951 | 274 | #494 | 0.15 |
| 1950 | 226 | #550 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 220 | #560 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 172 | #628 | 0.10 |
| 1947 | 161 | #658 | 0.09 |
| 1946 | 103 | #814 | 0.07 |
| 1945 | 93 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 73 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 69 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 68 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 87 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 67 | #869 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 54 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 77 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 50 | #994 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 72 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 65 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 71 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 60 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 63 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 78 | #758 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 58 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 81 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 66 | #904 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 67 | #913 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 65 | #926 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 66 | #914 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 81 | #831 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 60 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 81 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 78 | #840 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 70 | #865 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 84 | #765 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 97 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 72 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 95 | #707 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 95 | #676 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 59 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 48 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 51 | #705 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 31 | #778 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 36 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 46 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1908 | 25 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 33 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 34 | #612 | 0.12 |
| 1905 | 32 | #622 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 29 | #643 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 22 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 31 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1901 | 34 | #521 | 0.14 |
| 1900 | 40 | #531 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 22 | #666 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 32 | #572 | 0.12 |
| 1897 | 47 | #426 | 0.20 |
| 1896 | 36 | #489 | 0.15 |
| 1895 | 31 | #531 | 0.13 |
| 1894 | 35 | #477 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 41 | #424 | 0.19 |
| 1892 | 34 | #465 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 34 | #431 | 0.18 |
| 1890 | 42 | #387 | 0.22 |
| 1889 | 30 | #442 | 0.17 |
| 1888 | 39 | #387 | 0.22 |
| 1887 | 34 | #367 | 0.23 |
| 1886 | 43 | #318 | 0.30 |
| 1885 | 38 | #329 | 0.29 |
| 1884 | 37 | #324 | 0.29 |
| 1883 | 28 | #337 | 0.25 |
| 1882 | 31 | #317 | 0.29 |
| 1881 | 34 | #275 | 0.37 |
| 1880 | 35 | #261 | 0.38 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Bridget a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Bridget has been given almost only to girls: 150 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Bridget: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bridget, and how old are they?
84,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 92,517 Americans ever recorded as Bridget. The median Bridget alive today is 43 years old; half are between 29 and 55.
The 2020 Census counted 81,356 people named Bridget (81,259 women and girls, 97 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 83,695 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 380 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 10,600 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 26,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 25,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 15,500 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,690 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Bridget born?
The states with the most babies named Bridget are New York, California and Illinois, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 8,189 | #611 | 1.2× |
| California | 7,234 | #914 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 6,274 | #815 | 1.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 6,024 | #598 | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 4,423 | #897 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 4,384 | #955 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 3,623 | #505 | 1.0× |
| Massachusetts | 3,274 | #265 | 1.4× |
| New Jersey | 3,259 | #392 | 1.2× |
| Louisiana | 2,673 | not ranked | 1.5× |
Where Bridget is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Bridget is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Bridget with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 107,058 babies since 1880, Bridget is the most given (86% of them). In 2025 it was given to 385 of their 397 babies (97%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Bridget
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Bridget and names like it
- Compare Bridget and BridgettBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sBridget peaked in 1973.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bridget since 1910.
- Irish namesWiktionary’s origin for Bridget: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1973The year the most babies were named Bridget.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Bridget alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with BMost given first.