Bridgitt — girls' name
150 babies named Bridgitt in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Bridgitt was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Bridgitt in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bridgitt
The Social Security Administration has registered 150 babies named Bridgitt between 1960 and 1994, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bridgitt currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bridgitt performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bridgitt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bridgitt in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bridgitt in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 150 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Bridgitt at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bridgitt popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1960
- Peak year (1962)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
150 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 19 births in a single year.
Bridgitt by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 98 births that decade — 65% of Bridgitt's all-time total
Bridgitt decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Bridgitt's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Bridgitt by state
Where Bridgitt concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 4.0% |
6 of 150 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1960–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.