Girls' name · since 1943
Bridgette
Bridgette has 23,904 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #945 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,120 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,904
- born since 1943
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Bridgette is the #2120 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 23,904 recorded since 1943.
Bridgette has 23,904 recorded births among girls since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2120 as of the latest data, more common than 88% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 2025.
- #945 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,120 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 23,904 born since 1943
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bridgette ranks #945 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,120 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 23,904 born since 1943, peaking in the 1960s.
- #945 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,120 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,904
- born since 1943
- 1960s
- peak decade
Bridgette's 23,904 recorded births place it above 98.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Bridgette compares
23,904 Top 6% higher than 94% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bridgette's all-time total is 64x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bridgette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23,904 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 630 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bridgette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bridgette's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1943, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 630, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bridgette popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 630
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Bridgette popularity over time - boys
16 total births recorded since 1966 (Bridgette as boys' name)
Bridgette by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (4,962 births, 21% of the file).
1960s was Bridgette's strongest decade.
4,962 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Bridgette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 52
1940s
52 births
- 1950s 782
1950s
782 births
- 1960s
1960s
4,962 births
- 1970s
1970s
4,817 births
- 1980s
1980s
4,902 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,288 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,162 births
- 2010s 1,461
2010s
1,461 births
- 2020s 478
2020s
478 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 4,962 births (21% of all-time use).
How Bridgette compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Bridgette's total volume
Bridgette by state
Where Bridgette concentrates geographically, total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,557 | 10.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,998 | 8.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,239 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,116 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 1,018 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,012 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 909 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 863 | 3.6% |
2,557 of 23,904 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Bridgette appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Bridgette's data
- Bridgette's decade-level peak was the 1960s (4,962 total births); usage has since declined to 478 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Bridgettes (2,557 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Bridgette
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bridgette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1943–2025 (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 Bridgette 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.