Bridgitte — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bridgitte

The Social Security Administration has registered 628 babies named Bridgitte between 1958 and 2016, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bridgitte currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bridgitte performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 229 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Bridgitte shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Bridgitte in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bridgitte 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 628 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.