Bridie — #11119 US girls' name
374 babies named Bridie in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to girls today.
16% of everyone ever named Bridie was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Bridie in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bridie
The Social Security Administration has registered 374 babies named Bridie between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bridie currently holds the #11119 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bridie performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Bridie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bridie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bridie 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 374 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.
Bridie at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bridie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1909
- Peak year (1918)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 116 years of records
Currently ranks #11119 among girls.
374 total births across 116 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 12 births in a single year.
Bridie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 61 births that decade — 16% of Bridie's all-time total
Bridie decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Bridie's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
Bridie by state
Where Bridie concentrates geographically — total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 374 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.3% 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, 1909–2024 (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.