Bridgit
Bridgit was last recorded in 2016, when 8 babies were given it; 1,275 Americans have been recorded with it between 1955 and 2016 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,200 Americans named Bridgit and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 30 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bridgit by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Bridgit mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Bridgit is “a female given name, variant of Bridget.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Bridgit?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #11,973, in 2016; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
41 babies in 1966, the peak
Bridgit peaked in 1966, when 41 girls were given it, #1,768 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | #11,973 | 4.5 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,079 | 7.8 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,127 | 7.8 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,444 | 9.1 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,831 | 6.2 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,578 | 13.6 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,477 | 4.5 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,626 | 4.4 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,778 | 4.2 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,864 | 9.9 |
Every recorded year (61)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 11 | #10,024 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,464 | 12.4 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,894 | 7.6 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,145 | 6.0 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,100 | 8.3 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,845 | 10.6 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,100 | 6.6 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,325 | 14.7 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,603 | 10.2 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,661 | 9.8 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,085 | 10.8 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,246 | 10.2 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,795 | 15.7 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,400 | 12.7 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,870 | 14.6 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,404 | 3.7 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,078 | 9.5 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,531 | 10.8 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,664 | 10.1 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,985 | 3.5 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,897 | 12.2 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,885 | 8.7 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,079 | 16.6 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,254 | 15.0 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,268 | 15.4 |
| 1981 | 41 | #2,378 | 24.6 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,753 | 19.9 |
| 1979 | 35 | #2,590 | 21.8 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,745 | 19.6 |
| 1977 | 36 | #2,426 | 23.5 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,490 | 21.8 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,410 | 13.7 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,930 | 16.4 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,463 | 20.6 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,532 | 18.4 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,071 | 13.2 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,048 | 22.9 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,211 | 10.7 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,186 | 10.4 |
| 1967 | 27 | #2,331 | 16.4 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,768 | 24.2 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,606 | 12.5 |
| 1964 | 35 | #2,013 | 18.5 |
| 1963 | 31 | #2,134 | 16.1 |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,076 | 16.3 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,616 | 10.9 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,018 | 15.8 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,844 | 5.4 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,221 | 4.5 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,039 | 2.5 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,786 | 3.6 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Bridgit a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Bridgit has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 61 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Bridgit: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bridgit, and how old are they?
1,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 1,275 Americans ever recorded as Bridgit. The median Bridgit alive today is 45 years old; half are between 30 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 1,178 people named Bridgit (1,176 women and girls, 2 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,223 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 157 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 423 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 330 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 241 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 52 |
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 107,058 babies since 1880, Bridgit is the third most given (1.2% of them). In 2025 none of their 397 babies recorded by SSA was a Bridgit (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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 Bridgit
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 Bridgit and names like it
- Compare Bridgit and BridgetBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sBridgit peaked in 1966.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bridgit since 1910.
- The top names of 1966The year the most babies were named Bridgit.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Bridgit alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with BMost given first.