Girls' name · since 1959
Briggitte
Briggitte has 132 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,085 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,271 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 132
- born since 1959
- 1960s
- peak decade
Briggitte currently ranks #5271 among girls' names in America, with 132 babies recorded since 1959.
Social Security Administration records show Briggitte recorded 132 times among girls since 1959, holding rank #5271 nationally today, ahead of 70% of girls, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #24,085 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,271 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 132 born since 1959
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briggitte ranks #24,085 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,271 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 132 born since 1959, peaking in the 1960s.
- #24,085 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,271 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 132
- born since 1959
- 1960s
- peak decade
Briggitte's 132 recorded births place it above 66.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Briggitte compares
132 29th percentile among 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
Briggitte's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Briggitte | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 132 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Briggitte's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Briggitte's SSA record in two at 1965 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Briggitte popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Briggitte by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (68 births, 52% of the file).
1960s was Briggitte's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Briggitte births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
68 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 68 births (52% of all-time use).
Briggitte by state
Where Briggitte concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 12 | 9.1% |
12 of 132 births nationwide.
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What to do with Briggitte's data
- Briggitte's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (68 total births) through the 2020s (46) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Briggittes (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Briggitte: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1959–2025 (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 Briggitte 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.